A correspondent finds Cuba's people struggling

Transcript ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: Life in Cuba these days is increasingly defined by darkness.EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: Right now, the streets are completely empty. Yesterday, even the iconic capitol building was totally dark. You have to walk around with a flashlight.SCHMITZ: That's Eyder Peralta, who has rare access to Cuba this week. In January, the U.S. moved to choke off Cuba's fuel. There are frequent blackouts that last longer than a day and critical shortages of food, fuel and medicine.PERALTA: This is by far the worst I've ever seen Havana.SCHMITZ: Add to that threats from the Trump administration that the days of Cuba's communist government are numbered. For this week's Reporter's Notebook, we wanted to talk about what it was like to report there now. I began by asking Eyder what had changed since the last time he had reported there.PERALTA: The last time I was here was nearly a year ago, and it's just dark. I have to say that was really shocking. I went for a long walk around Old Havana yesterday, and you just walk blocks and blocks, and it feels like the day after a hurricane where it's pitch dark in the streets. People are walking around with flashlights. I mean, it's sort of...