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Saying that no one here on the island was working on behalf of the dea during this assassination. also were told that some of these suspects might have been informants for the fbi, the fbi not commenting on that, but still, the links between the island and the assassination in the united states continue to grow. >> incredibly curious. we know that you and evan will continue to dig. matt rivers in port-au-prince, thank you. so what does the biden administration do about all of thisment joining ...

Said, "work with me, hold free and fair elections, and allowing the cuban people to organize, assemble, speak freely, and he is the strangled on private enterprise." he said, "i will work with congress to ease the sanctions against them if they do that. but since i made that offer, we have seen other regime answers diplomatic initiatives. they respond with defiance and contempt and a new round of brutal oppression." clearly they will not change by its own choice." the sanctions were then overtur...

Hands of congress who wont play ball? >> the president cant do much of anything and i dont mean that in a flippant way. i am not meaning to minimize this day. as the chief and mike alluded to in some way, shape or form, the last, for the last 15 years or more weve had this huge gun violence. we all know that. last two democratic administrations chiefly barack obama took a host of executive actions when it came to gun control. a lot of democrats feel, i can tell you this, i hear it all the time, ...

Very much like immigration in many respects, most people understand what an eventual compromise would look like, but neither side has the political will, chiefly republicans that stood against this time and time again, dont believe new gun laws are needed. talks between john cornyn of texas and chris murphy of connecticut collapsed. democrats havent put a gun bill on the floor of the senate yet. we havent seen what the vote would look like if democrats put them on the spot. congress unwilling to...

And, again, were seeing more pressure, but at the same time, i dont see the party moving in that direction until we see the president of the united states, the leader of the democratic party call for these filibusters. hes endorsed the talking filibuster reform, but hes not gone as far to say there should be a carveout. until we see the president of the united states make that kind of statement, its going to be hard. we have not seen any sort of effort by the moderate democrats to make those con...

>> its a great point. the history would be there would be an additional crackdown. if you follow the history of cuba and authoritarian regimes. thats what jake sullivan was getting at. the united states supports freedom of expression. strongly condemn targeting peaceful protesters. another saying the same thing. the question for the biden administration is if that crackdown happens, do you just say things about it or is there anything else you can do about it? >> im sure republicans are going to...

Additional layer of protection. >> youve been one of the leaders in congress when it comes to abolishing the death penalty. merrick garland ordered a temporary suspension on federal executions. what more do you want to see done at the federal level? >> well, you know, administrations and elected officias get the credit, but i have to give the credit to organizers who have been trying to end the death penalty. this is a step in the right direction, but certainly ive introduced an independent bill...

Flight team, you can see large gaps where the portable was never completed, construction started during the trump administration immediately stopped when president biden took office. the new ministration want to take a more manicuring tone but greg abbott met this afternoon with the sheriffs of the texas border county says the president needs to do more to address criminal activity spilling over the border. >> because of the current administrations complete abandonment enforcing the laws passed ...

[noise] [inaudible] with us to talk more robert gibbs he as a former obama press secretary -- and bill crystal. he is a veteran of the reagan and bush administrations and editor at large of the bulwark. this video, bill, it really, its sort of flies in the face of those including mccarthy, but other republicans who have gone out there who said this is a normal tourist visit, this was in serious, this was blm, this was antifa. we are seeing every week more and more serious matters about how these...

I know you have been over there, as well. we hope they will. i worked at bagram, the united states left a week ago, leaving 5000 detainees at the prison here. my fear is they will attack the prison first. prior to this meeting with you, i heard 85% of districts are under taliban control. it is trending in a bad direction. >> benjamin: talk about what your organization does and how people can support it. >> great. thank you, benjamin. no one left behind has been around eight years advocating for ...