think yothank you for being parn our efforts the end in particular i want to thank pope francis whose moral example shows us importance of pursuing the world as it should be rather than simply settling for the world as it is. the government of canada which hosted our discussions and bipartisan group of commerce and who worked tirelessly for alan gross release an approach for the values of cuba. finally our shift in policy toward cuba comes a moment of renewed leadership in america. this april we are prepared to have cuba join the other nations of our hemisphere at the summitt of the americas. but we will insist civil society join us so that citizens, not just leaders, are shaping our future. and i call on all my fellow leaders to give meaning to the commitment to democracy and human rights at the heart of the
forget about one of, probably the most stunning primary up sets in recent history. house majority leader eric cantor taken down by tea party challenger david brat in virginia. a political newcomer. a nobody, i mean, nobody saw this coming. brat now to be fair, he had predicted an upset for himself, but even he was shocked watching the results come in making it more head rattling, this race was a blowout. we have complete coverage and analysis of how this happened, why it happened, why what it s going to mean for the gop going forward with chief congressional correspondent dana bash. dana? brook and chris, this is a town numb from shock. nobody saw this coming. not even the conservative who beat eric cantor. the reason we won this calm parn reason, dollars not vote, you do. reporter: an upset shaking washington and rattling congress republicans to their core.
to them after he was captured. before that i knew because of being roommates, i knew his parn parents, but i have become closer to them since this whole thing startstarted. what s your reaction when you hear his father praising allah in the rose garden? what s your reaction when you hear the person you were so close to he s ashamed to be an american? what s your reaction to 2that? i don t know what to think. i don t know his mind at that moment. it could be someone frustrated with his job. when you join the military, that is your job. i m not sure any american, any person in general, has ever been 100% satisfied with their job and not had a bad day where they have said they wanted to quit,
running in the primaries but he p can he do to joyfully and not get in the mud. i don t know about the joyful mud, but getting down in the mud part, given his record and where he would stand on some of these issues like education and immigration, he would get a lot of mud thrown at him. well, just one quick parn thet cal comment, the wall street journal weekend headline was that as george w. bush was on the front page of the financial times, the new york times and number of other newspapers with his art exhibit, that the painter george w. bush was making it more likely or possible for brother jeb to become a candidate because they were recasting what people think certainly softening his brand and george w. bush in general, look at the numbers, this is true for every president, their numbers always get better.
saying envoy to human rights has been officially invited by the government in north korea on a so-called humanitarian mission to try to free the american who s held there. ken nit bae. bae has been held since being convicted of committing what are called hostile acts against the country. the state department saying it s hoping that he will be granted parn on humanitarian grounds so he can be reunited with his family and seek medical attention. the first in a long, long time set to take place this next week. our special coverage of the crisis in syria continues right after this. [ woman ] we had two tiny reasons