David Brancaccio

Will, welcome.

You were just in Cuba on a reporting assignment.

I mean, broad brush, not enough energy to meet needs.

Can you see it play out?

Did you see actual effects of the cutoff of Venezuela's oil?

Mexico is a big oil producer and seems poised to send some of its oil toward Cuba.

Now, President Trump has urged Cuba to, quote, make a deal before it's too late.

I mean, a deal acceptable to the U.S.

administration would involve structural political change in Cuba.

Will Grant with our editorial partners at the BBC.

Thank you very much.

The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive today saying the U.S.

wants regime change in Cuba by the end of this year.

The report, citing unnamed officials, says the U.S.

is now trying to curb Havana's overseas medical missions, which generate the country a lot of hard currency.

We cover the high cost of shelter from multiple angles here.

For prospective home buyers, mortgage rates have jumped this week from just above 6 to now an average 6.2 percent.

As for renters, here's Marketplace's Carla Javier.

In his speech in Switzerland yesterday, President Trump, who is also a real estate magnate, talked of the need to be careful when working to lower the cost of housing because of the danger of hurting the property values of existing owners.

In Los Angeles, I'm David Brancaccio, Marketplace Morning Report from APM American Public Media.