cities. show you the seven day forecast for our four capital cities. as you show you the seven day forecast for ourfour capital cities. as you can see, the temperatures will be rising wherever you are. in fact in parts of the south, the low to mid 20s with some sunshine as well. you're watching beyond 100 days. there could be strikes on syria sooner, later or whenever. with one tweet the president throws the timetable up in the air. in london, theresa may chairs an emergency cabinet meeting to analyse options as the french president said he has proved the assad regime used chemical weapons. us generals briefed the white house on military options. we are looking very, very seriously, very closely at that whole situation. and we'll see what happens, folks. we will see what happens. i'm in the lebanese capital, beirut. just over two hours from there it is damascus, the capital of syria, which is where president

turmoil in a dozen cities were 40, including the capital city. regular troops are on duty there. the number of places that the national guard has been called out, probably set a record for domestic disturbance. many sides tonight are quoting dr. king who himself, never wanted to be cited in defense of violence. in mississippi, in 1966 after james meredith was shot he spoke with bitterness and passion about what was then the new gospel of the black militants. >> i am disturbed about a strange spirit that is circulating. telling me that i ought to imitate the worst in the white man and the worst in our oppressors -- who has been killing and lynching people and throwing them in rivers. now people are telling me to stoop down to their level. oh no. oh no! the reason i will not do it is that i am not going to allow anybody to pull me so low as to use those methods. and has perpetuated evil throughout our civilization. i am sick and tired of that. i am tired of the war in vietnam! i am tired of war and conflict in the world! i am tired of shooting! i am tired of hate! i am tired of sel

including the capital city. regular troops are on duty. elsewhere the number of places the national guard has been called out probably set ace record for domestic disturbance. this is the decision, many sides tonight be quoting king kick. he himself never wanted to be cited in defense of violence. in mississippi, in 1966, after james meredith had been shot he spoke with bitterness and passion about what was then the new gospel of a black militant. >> disturbed about a strange fear that is speculating saying to me that i ought to imitate the who was in our white man and our oppressors. who has a victory of kill coming linching people in the river. it's all oppress and i have people are telling me to stoop down to that level. oh, no. >> oh, no. [ applause ]. i'm not going to allow anybody to fool me solo as to stoop to that level and propetrated evil. i'm sick and tired. i'm tired of the war in vietnam. i'm tired of war and conflict in the world. i'm tired of shooting. i'm tired of hate. i'm tired of selfishness,

the first night of disorders put this capital city on edge. tonight has been far worse and has still many more hours to go. nelson venton, cbs news, washington. >> earlier today, after last night's violence in the capital died down and before today's began, mr. johnson proclaimed sunday as a national day of mourning for dr. king throughout the united states. mr. johnson also issued an order that until dr. king's burial, the american flag is to be flown at half staff on all federal government buildings, bases and vessels around the world. the assassination and its aftermath temporarily pushed aside the president's plans to pursue his new vietnam effort as he put in a busy day at the white house. we get the latest on the president's plans and his mood from cbs news correspondent dan rather. >> reporter: the violent afternoon faded into a red sunset, mixing eerily with a black paul of smoke blowing from burning downtown buildings just behind the half staff flag over the white house. there is a sad president in there tonight. he's walking around i

and it was our capital city. i went on to study community development and i came here right after college, it's been about ten years. i didn't intend to use my community development skills in this context. but i came to san francisco and found myself following a plague. i don't have enough elders right now. and my culture is vanishing quickly. and this isn't just my culture, this is your culture, because san francisco holds the flag internationally as the capital city. and in the ten years i've been here, i've seen it diminished. yearly. through lack of housing, through lack of access to resources. i've seen this city preserve neighborhood character by sacrificing demographics. and i want to stand here in favor of housing. i want to use my skills in favor of housing so there is room for everyone. if we lose that capital city flag, our economy is going to be hurt. dramatically. we're here to save the city. >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. hunt. >> hi, supervisors, don. past president of the san francisco bay area

israelis -- jerusalem as the capital city of israel represents israelis. you have a separation between different groups, between arab israelis and jewish israelis. remindssense, jerusalem us of the challenges with which israel is confronted, and we teed of here in germany -- and we too here in germany. at 70, what does it mean to you? lots of trouble, lots of challenges, but i want to break the gloom and doom factor we are about to launch here. it has been 70 years for what was an incredible act of statehood. this in the context of nation building 70 years is not a long time, and these challenges israel is facing, some of them are pressing and need to be solved sooner rather than later. they cannot overshadow everything. we need to still keep in mind -- offer bank -- ofer was talking about his parents' memory. if you put this in context, it brings us back to 1948 to the survivors of the holocaust, one of the biggest tragedies, most atrocious parts of human history . coming together and managing to .uild this state , when youthing that think about it, it is

turmoil in a dozen cities were 40, including the capital city. regular troops are on duty there. the number of places that the national guard has been called out probably sets a record for domestic disturbance. many sides to and i are quoting dr. martin luther king. he himself never wanted to be cited in defense of violence. mississippi, in 1966 after james meredith was shot he spoke with internet earnest and passion about what was then the new gospel -- gospel of the black militias. mean-spiritedness circulating, saying that i ought to imitate the worst in the white man in the west in our presence. -- of lynching people and throwing them in rivers. me ieople are telling telling me just do down to that level. oh no. [applause] i am not going to .llow anybody to pull me so low perpetuating evil throughout our civilization. i am tired of the war in vietnam. i am tired of war in the world. i'm tired of shooting. i am tired of hate. i am tired of selfishness, i am tired of evil. i will not use violence no matter who says it. [applause] harry: dr. martin luther king jr. has been struc

to hemingway's novel, celebrating the capital city of france. from our 19th century french writer bringing to the french people the dream of mountains. to novels in the deep south. first read in france where they quickly gained literary praise. from jazz, coming from louisiana and the blues from mississippi, finding in france an enthusiastic public. to the american assassination -- for the french modern contemporary arts. these exchanges are vibrant in so many fields. from cinema to fashion, from design to high cuisine, from sports to visual arts. scientific research as well as business and innovation are also a significant part of our shared journey. the united states is france's first scientific partner. our economic ties create hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the atlantic. this story of france and the united states is a story of dialogue made of common dreams, of common struggle for dignity and progress. it is the best achievement of our democratic principles and values. this is a very special relationship. his is us. but we mu

to hemingway's novel, celebrating the capital city of france. from our 19th century french writer bringing to the french people the dream of mountains. to novels in the deep south. first read in france where they quickly gained literary praise. from jazz, coming from louisiana and the blues from mississippi, finding in france an enthusiastic public. to the american assassination -- for the french modern contemporary arts. these exchanges are vibrant in so many fields. from cinema to fashion, from design to high cuisine, from sports to visual arts. scientific research as well as business and innovation are also a significant part of our shared journey. the united states is france's first scientific partner. our economic ties create hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the atlantic. this story of france and the united states is a story of dialogue made of common dreams, of common struggle for dignity and progress. it is the best achievement of our democratic principles and values. this is a very special relationship. his is us. but we mu

damascus awoke me into work most of the residents of this of this capital city initially around ten different rockets were landed within areas within the vicinity of the capital in eastern damascus because of the fact that it was very dark because of the fact that it was in the middle of the night where they won't many sounds as who the rockets could be heard all across the mascot's in what is essentially an precedented by the u.s. to target damascus for the first time since since the conflict is essentially started and the matter of the fact is that residents have woken up here shocked they were they were scared really know what was happening and they were surprised because no one was expecting this particular attack to happen at this particular moment in time people had assessed and seen the recent combinations by western governments after the election chemical weapons attack and there was a sense of the escalation that the russians were going to take this diplomatically on board and there's going to be some sort of reproach more and a solution but little did we did we know based

two facilities in the capital damascus and one in the western city of homs . syria state t.v. broadcast footage of the building it said was a research center hit by a mistrial the joint military action came a week after a gas attack on civilians which was thought to have been carried out by the forces of syrian president bashar assad. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops or choose of prohibited chemical agents i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting equipping and financing the criminal assad regime to iran and to russia i ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men women and children. this is the largest display of joint force by western nations against the assad regime and were significantly bigger than us strikes on syria a year ago. set up at us you visit is objective this operation targeted objectives belonging to the clandestine chemical program of syria plus the main research center of this program and to import and production science has been struck.

damascus awoke me into work most of the residents of this of this capital city initially around ten different rockets were landed within areas within the vicinity of the capital in eastern damascus and that is a research facility called bettas it where it's known to have had a history of of the related chemical weapons. program of production another strike this was a reported in a military airport and lastly the final area which was stark if there was a research facility and it's a huge complex of numerous buildings military academies aboard trees and that was in the western part of the city just a stone's throw away from the area which i'm currently based an initial the initial reaction from residents in damascus was one of panic of nobody knowing what was happening but as the one hour long barrage essential a finished many of these residents pro-government residents in particular took to the streets they went to a square which is in the center of damascus and began to stay dry nice in support of the syrian government denouncing the u.s. attacks so the message from people in damasc

city of sex and. the distinctive baroque silhouette of kristen's historic center rises from the banks of the river elbe. it includes the cathedral the royal palace and the same pop opera house because many of its buildings were inspired by talian architecture tristen and itself the nickname florence on the elba. although almost completely destroyed towards the end of the second world war the most important buildings and landmarks have been rebuilt among them is the phone. more on that later. dresden as its architectural wealth to the saxon prince electors and kings who resided here for nearly four hundred years and with the many magnificent buildings such as the twin the palace and its art collections they left a lasting legacy. but of course dresden is more than just baroque splendor. on the other side of the elbow in the outer noice that district you'll find a full and eclectic assortment of bottles restaurants and shops. always a more ordinary people always lived in the outer noise and simple small

city a second series cannot have a saying that these are going to bring prosperity to the country but that hasn't necessarily been the case just yet and there are a lot of people who are what's the whole society who say they're not seeing the benefits any of these reforms just feeling the pinch. michael some reporting off from cairo thank you thank you reports are coming in from syria that rebel fighters have agreed to leave their last stronghold in eastern or top the persian forces say they've reached a deal with the largest rebel group army of islam to pull out of their territory but some members of the group deny their surrender is imminent fighters from another smaller rebel group however are leaving hundreds of people have been killed in fighting in is in a hotel in the recent weeks. the road to eastern ghouta passers by ruined buildings and abandoned lifeless villages. on the roadside corpses rebels that nobody has stopped to bury displaying victory signs assad soldiers approach the center of eastern go to the offensive has lasted more than a month with russian warplanes carryin

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city a second series cannot have a saying that these are going to bring prosperity to the country but that hasn't necessarily been the case just yet and there are a lot of people who are worse the whole society who say they're not seeing the benefits any of these reforms just feeling the pinch. michael some reporting up from cairo thank you. thank you and now some surfing australian surfing great mick fanning is in fine form in this final event before retiring the thirty six year old who famously fought off a shark while competing back in two thousand and fifteen progress to the fourth round of the world surf league vent at bell's beach in australia while the three times world champion produced a near flawless performance in front of his home crowd you will hope to secure a farewell victory later this week. that does locally we wish him the best of luck ok don't forget you can always get to do reviews on the go just download are out from google play or from the apple store will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as pressure defecation for any breaking

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city berlin two young men say that they were beaten up for wearing a traditional head covering for jewish men.

city of various e.u. member states and by that of course he does underline even though hungary associates himself itself as a as a loyal member of international organizations like the european union like the nato promise viktor orbán made it clear through his campaign and through previous years what he wants is a different vision for the european union that's also influenced by the vicious states a vision that gives more solvent t. and more is saying of each member state also for example when it comes to the e.u. refugee quota system with victor or likely to secure a third term in office work take a closer look at the hungarian prime minister once called the most dangerous man in the e.u. . he's been called a strongman a bully and even a dictator his supporters see him as a defender against waves of invading migrants. and meddling in you he may be divisive but viktor orbán is poised not only to win hungary's elections but to strengthen his power. born and raised in western hungary or of and was one of t

cities and that of course reigns into his campaign rhetoric that not only hunger about various other countries deserve more sovereignty that in the european union and that underlines that he's going to continue to push a had with his vision for a more sovereign european union member states have more sovereignty. is funny such are reporting for us from the hungary and capital budapest many thanks indeed you're up to date now on d w news will be back again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always get the latest news and information on our website that's at the w dot com do stay tuned for a good as they can show that's coming up right now. earth. or saving global interiors tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions like global ideas the series of global three thousand on d w and online.

cities. well up into the 20s, particularly down into the soft but even further north close to 20 degrees and that warmth looks like it will last her out next week. this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. 0ut top story... tensions over syria could lead to "full—blown military escalation" the united nations secretary general issues the dire warning — and says the cold war was back with a vengeance. the situation in the middle east is in chaos, to such an extent that it has become a threat to international peace and security. the us state department says it has proof that syria was behind the chemical attack in douma. russia insists it was staged by britain. donald trump describes james comey as an "untruthful slime ball", after the former fbi director compared the president to a mafia boss. the leading actors' union in the us says acting auditions should no longer take place in hotel rooms

cities within the european union of course underlining his stance when it comes to supporting his vision of the european union that should change from the way it is right now and people did turn out to vote in fact voter turnout is at a record high high as compared to the past two decades and as you say voter turnout is sky high and or bones party has a strong lead in the polls followed by the national struck a party how do these two parties differ in their platforms. we must say that in fact fittest did not even publish any fast because of course it was clearly so clearly to be seen what they are running on their number one topic is immigration making sure that no migrants that actually enter this country while you don't think is saying that they want to deliver it even stronger when it comes to that topic and they say that the fetus is not doing enough in fact they said that once if you would get elected they would even make sure that there's a militia guarding the border in hungary and. of hungary but what is very interesting to note that you don't think is to try to run as a move mod

guatemala city when he died at age seventy two. hour here ali just improve have uncovered a mass grave which could be evidence of the largest child sacrifice ritual in the world the remains of more than one hundred children from the ages of six to fifteen years old were found in the northwest and a house that has more. this child's skeleton is part of what archaeologists ahead in the biggest site of child sacrifice in discovered so far the victims appear to have been part of a ritual sacrifice that took place nearly five hundred fifty years ago the remains of more than one hundred forty children were found alongside two hundred young llamas all of that he says he wasn't home all the sacrifices that were found with children aged between six and nine years of age and that from ten to twelve or fifteen years of age all have been found with their sternum cut with the aim of possibly opening the rib cage and extracting the heart that was the way that the cim a society that developed between the tenth and fifteenth centuries about era sa

across england the two main parties are even stephen but in the capital city labour seven to make gains after its success in last year's general election so is london now it's own unique electoral ecosystem? and the man who killed ten people with a van in toronto this week was preoccupoied by his status as an incel. involuntary celibate. he's not the only murderer to have been so. an expert on the darker corners of the web will help us understand the weird incel sub—culture. hello there. more political embarrassment for the home secretary today. she had to answer for herself at a commons committee, with difficult questions about whether she knew immigration enforcement was causing injustices, and if not, why not when warnings were given as early as 2016. she also faces the challenge of sorting out the home office. she accepted a culture change needs to occur. if you were writing a memo to amber rudd on what to do now, you'd have a lot to discuss — should concessions to the windrush arrivals be extended to many more people? should there be a full amnesty for anyone here, say, ten yea

cities and that of course reigns into his campaign rhetoric that not only hunger about various other countries deserve more sovereignty that in the european union and that underlines that he's going to continue to push a had with his vision for a more sovereign european union member states have more sovereignty. is funny and such are reporting for us from the hungary and capital budapest many thanks indeed and you're watching d.w. news coming to you from berlin we'll have another update for you at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to d.w. dot com american every scene from all of us in the newsroom many thanks for watching. the football for inspiration part of the pinions we want to express to you double your facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us.

city berlin two young men say that they were beaten up for wearing a traditional head covering for jewish men in a twist it turns out that the pair aren't jewish but were they kept to show a friend that it wasn't dangerous german chancellor angela merkel has condemned the alleged incident and promised to take action. the victim recorded the incident with his smartphone but that didn't stop his attacker. the attacker repeatedly shouted. which means do and of his victims a twenty one year old israeli and his twenty four year old german moroccan friend. and the attacker was led away by his companion for the attacks. the two victims spoke with d.w. and explained that they are not even jewish that the yarmulke was a bit of a game an experiment to find out how dangerous it would be to walk around berlin as a jew the result a shotgun and let's not. i could not sleep at all last night. my body in various places. and i must say i just feel less safe. the incident took place a trendy middle class prince lower back to sleep not a high crime neighborhood it's an area where residents rarely encounter

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city state television says. high level meeting was targeted at the who these interior ministry in santa earlier this month the rebel second in command sala his semite was killed in a saudi led air strike a large crowds have gathered in seven square to pay tribute to sam i'd heard the leaders call for a one million man march in the capital to commemorate his death samad is the most senior who the official to be killed by the saudi led coalition in yemen's three year war correspondent has somehow but has reported extensively from yemen he joins me now on the set to talk more about this welcome hashim so what should we read then into the timing of these strikes why now has if you look now of these been almost two years more than three years is the start of the started its coalition campaign against the houthi it hasn't achieved major. victories on the ground the hokies took control of a huge stretch of land. totoo that stretches from solder all the way to thais and now they're aiming for the top brass of the milita

the capital city has left at least 57 people dead and more than 100 others injured. the bomber was targeting civilians who were getting id cards. the blast was so strong it shattered windows miles away and damaged vehicles. caliban has not been involved and no other group has claimed responsibility.>>> trump is hosting a dinner at the white house. french president is scheduled to visit washington tomorrow. the three-day visit begins with a dinner between the two presidential couples in mount vernon on monday. tuesday, the two leaders will hold a joint news conference. later, there will be a ceremony at a cemetery and the state dinner at the white house. on wednesday, they are addressing a joint session of congress. >>> congress member is speaking in the area tomorrow night. he is scheduled to appear to promote his book titled a higher loyalty truth lies and the leadership. he discusses his meetings with president trump describing him as unethical. the president is criticized for calling the congressman shady and accusing him of making lots of money from a book that s

marches on the streets of armenia's capital city, one of many in recent days as the country's parliament prepares to choose a new premier. in the centre here, the opposition leader, nikol pashinyan, drumming up support to become the country's next prime minister. the former leader, serzh sargsyan, resigned last week after protests across the country in the capital, yerevan, the cities of gyumri, vanadzor and the town of ijevan. president for ten years, he then merged into the position of prime minister after armenians voted in a referendum to switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system. critics accuse him of clinging on to power, against the will of the armenian people. armenia's economy has suffered in recent decades, its people complaining of corruption and poverty and nepotism in its ruling party. the former soviet republic now seeing many move abroad to find work. translation: we have 50 hectares here and 70 people used to work here. now everyone's going abroad to work. the majority of them, 80%, go to russia. now the ruling republican party has said it won't field a candida

the violence started off the police tried to stop students from marching in the capital city and that they were protesting over the killings of thirteen rebel fighters and five civilians by indian troops on sunday at least three indian soldiers holes killed in the fighting. bollywood actor solomon khan has been sentenced to five years in jail for poaching and antelope khan hunt of the protected animal and nine hundred ninety eight it happened in the state of roger stone while he was shooting a film while analyst at enjoy who have to confess as con isn't likely to serve out the full five year sentence he's certainly very very popular he has a huge fan following i mean this is not the first time he's got into a controversy he's had a string of relationships and he's been accused of not being very kind i mean to put it very mildly due to his. to the women he that he's dated in the past be that as it me what does hold true sure is that this is become a huge huge media story it's all over every television channel and surely all the websites all the newspapers will you know plead very very

they targeted three chemical related facilities in syria's capital city. >> we are very confident we have significantly crippled assad's ability to produce these weapons. >> it called the attacks a violation of international law and the u.n. charter but the resolution failed to gain enough support. >> this will not prevent syrian people to decide on their own political future without foreign intervention. >> u.n. ambassador says the u.s was forced to take action based on syria's repeated use of chemical weapons. >> we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. >> its unclear if any civilians were killed. demonstrators were seen waving syrian flags protesting the strikes. back to you. >> u.n. chemicals inspectors are now in syria to investigate the suspected chemical attack. there is evidence that chlorine and gas were used. >> here is a live look at the crowd at powell and market street. a rally organized by the group's code pink and the raging grannies. it just started. some say the attack is making

city of damascus. state-run television showed government forces attacking districts of the city still held by the islamic state, using warplanes, helicopters, and artillery. on friday, the militan agreed to abandon the areas, but reportedly did not surrender to government troops or agree too relocateher isis-held areas of the country. human rights monitors say atha least 25 peopl died in clashes between police and protesters in nicaragua this week. students, workers, and retirees took to the streets on wednesday following the government's d announcement of increasecome and payroll taxes and reduced pensions in order to shthe up country's social security system. yssterday, following four of protests, nicaraguan deesident daniel ortega said he was ready to reconthe unpopular reforms. his announcement came after video went viral of a jour alist being sh killed while covering the protests on facebook live. >> reenivasan: tomorrow on the newshour, five years after a tragic fire at a bangladesh garment facto

capital city we spend a day in madrid spain. an automotive icon evokes wagons beautiful turns eighty. the branson levy is known for its creative crazy and provocative designs like in finance and monkey lamps which we featured on the show a few weeks ago well now for the first time the company is displaying an a ray of trendy furniture and home accessories and milan furniture fair now for creative director stuff on how selectee his a motto could very well be minimal is over so if that's any indication one can be sure that it kind of accidents at least according to selebi is back in fashion. gaudy flashy and colorful it all has its place at the ceremony then will be like the milan furniture fair on show is not just furniture there are fixtures and decorations too. the more sculptural silly and showy the better. one attraction is the stand of italian design company sell it to the exuberant brand is exhibiting here for the first time. a chip couple of years you know that people want to regional inventive products things that have ne

. >> reporter: the pentagon released evidence of the bombed facility in syria's capital city of damascus. the building was central to all asides chemical weapons program. >> this will set the program back for years. >> reporter: long-range tomahawk missiles were launched from u.s. navy ship, striking out two other chemical -related facilities saturday morning. smoke was rising from the ashes , hours later. the airstrikes were in response to the suspected chemical attack that left dozens dead last weekend and duma. asad has denied any involvement, vice president mike pence put him and the leaders of iran and russia on notice. >> to be clear, the u.s. is ready to take additional action. in a sustained way between -- to ensure syria understands there will be a price to play if they produce chemical weapons again. >> reporter: the syrian regime, uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. when our president draws a redline, our president enforces the redline. >> reporter: following the campaign, syrian tv released video of asad walking through building. a team of u

city and a populist right conservative countryside arbenz anti migrant rhetoric is a huge success quote unquote in villages but not in budapest but he goes on to raise a point that the professor just phrase he says the access to unbiased and non-governmental information news is very limited in the countryside really i'm wondering if you can pick up on that point and how people are getting their news and their headlines about this party. access to information is a huge problem here so i think that the twitter user was correct and that in the countryside a lot of people especially older voters in small towns and villages where i heavily on media that is completely filtered by the government so all of our explosive prime minister or yvonne own one hundred percent of all regional prints newspapers i don't know lection day i went out to one provincial town not too far and i walked into a coffee shop and i looked at the stock there and every single one of them was owned by all of our close to the government i did not have any articles regarding alleged corruption by government officials or an

city of riyadh and at the city of jizz on a key oil producing site which produces four hundred thousand barrels of oil per day that's a lot even in saudi arabia while the saudis say they intercepted seven missile missiles both who with the statement and the official saudi press agency statement said that one person was killed by shrapnel in riyadh and the increasing tensions have been sufficient to in. recent certainty about the future of oil supplies and move prices up the global benchmark brant crude traded at ice futures europe in london has shot up nine percent in the last three trading days to over seventy three dollars per barrel although prices went down just a little bit ago to seventy two dollars late in the day w.t.r. west texas intermediate the u.s. benchmark traded at the new york mercantile exchange nymex continues to trade in the upper sixty dollar range around sixty.

. >> reporter: outside the capital city, several mountain communities are still desperate for power, supplies and attention. those from damaged resorts will be closed for months, more than 85% of the islands hotels are back up and running. an industry critical for the long-term recovery here. >> they're very happy that the island is open for business. >> reporter: this carnival cruise with 2,200 passengers is sold out. tourism officials are hoping for almost 2 million cruise passengers over the next year pumping a quarter billion dollars into the economy. >> did the hurricane give you any pause at all? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: in old san juan business is booming again. coffee shops are packed and reservations are hard to snag at the high end restaurant where the roofs collapsed during the monster storm. >> the best thing people can do is come and not donate your money but let us serve you. >> reporter: here they're fighting for every dollar as this island finds its rhythm again. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >>> if you shop at sax fifth avenue or lord & tayl