they believe that if somehow there was more economic trade with cuba that that would somehow create the conditions for an uprising or a dramatic change. i just don't know where there's ever happened when has tourism ever brought about democracy in this government controls every aspect of life in cuba, every aspect of life. every single poisy change that the u.s. has ever made towards cuba. whether it's more travel, more person to person contact, more remittences, they have manipulated every single one of them and thelma nip lapt this as well. this is a small island of 13 million people with an apparatus in place for over 50 years. it controls every aspect of life in cuba and it will control this as well. they will use all of these changes to their advantage. they will never allow any of these changes to undermine their grip on the island. >> senator, you obviously have a personal and professional interest in what is happening in cuba. quickly, were you briefed at all before this morning that this was happening? >> no, i was aware of it last night but not from the administration. i chose not to divulge what i knew because i didn't want to