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Treasury. >> i thought it was hilarious. you can rhyme like treasury and jay-z. >> these rappers can make it happen. i have seen lil wayne rhyme words that i didnt own in words. >> they werent. >> that explains a lot. >> you say jay and beyonce spend a lot of time at parties with the president and probably discussed the cuba trip with him. seriously? >> i think discuss like a formal discussion, but just like a light, easy, small talk and maybe they had a few drinks. like, hey, maybe it is fun to...

Name, we know, greta. there are so many beyonce carters in the united states. sean carter, i could see that passing. everybody knows him as jay-z. buyer is but beyonce is a one-wd celebrity, like cher. thats hard to say i didnt know it was that beyonce. >> greta: jay carney said the president didnt have a conversation with jay-z about this trip. did they have a discussion about another time or something. they say not over this trip. then you go to the lyrics, and in the lyrics he says he got whi...

Yeah, the department said we thought it was a different jay-z and beyonce. >> cubas not a zoo, were you >> cubas not a zoo, were you pay a watch people living in cages to see how theyre suffering. cuba, you hung out in the situation room for that iconic photo. now you want to go to cuba, hang out and see the way the folks live in the enlightened world, you do it, you get the permission. >> you cannot diminish actually the amount of people that have shed blood under the cuban regime. >> people cu...

There are reports the two are friendly, but the white house says it had nothing to do with jay-zs he recent trip to cuba. the fallout after the president mentions the president in a song he released after the married remusicians, jay-z and beyonce returned from the trip to cuba. that drew criticism how they got permission to travel to the communist run island. and in the song open letter, jay-z, president obama he may be in hot water. >> white house, said, yeah, i dont agree with sean penn, and ...

Their concerns to beyonce and jay-z, the lawmakers writing a pointed letter to the celebrity couple. whats in it? representative rhonda santos joins us. tell me about this letter. >> when we figured they had gone over there, you know, we asked them, did they take the time -- you can see jay-z puffing on the cigar, beyonce taking pictures, on their anniversary, and we asked them if they understood that the way that the cuban people are oppressed, denied basic freedoms. if you speak out against th...

Letter. hes now taking shots at lawmakers who have been criticizing his visit. live in washington with the latest. doug, bet you never thought you would be covering jay-z. >> it isnt often you hear the white house having to look at rap lyrics. jay-z has to explain how it was that the rapper and his wife beyonce were able to travel to cuba. as the couple arrived in havana to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. they had permission from the treasury department for an educational exchange. it...

Highlight some of the major human rights abuses that are happening. beyonce has a tradition of doing some good things across the globe and i just, i think that they could have followed the lead of bono when it comes to trying to highlight some of the travesties that are happening in cuba with the ladies in white. martha: perhaps they would say that in a way they have, you know, in shedding light, drawing attention to cuba, in sort of shining a light to the dark corners you bring attention to the...

>> we are still in the midst of the spring break season. and the lines are very, very long. >> brian: okay. really? asking police to help your staff cut the long lines? >> steve: jump the line. then want to know how jay-z and beyonce got in to cuba? listen to this. ♪ ♪ boy from the hood ♪ i dont agree with your parents ♪ >> steve: so they got white house clears. you know the white house says it wasnt us. jay-z couldnt come up with a better rhyme. who do you believe? jay-z or jay carney? ...

He says, "child, you going to get me impeached. i dont need this [bleep] ♪ ♪ chill with me on the beach" >> steve: someone chilling to street of new york is anna koiman. what are they saying? >> the treasury department say the licenses are granted by their department for educationm trips. the people on the plaza are skeptical that beyonce and jay h z didnt have permission from the white house. >> the white house saying they had nothing to do with giving clearance to beyonce and jay-z going c...

Their concerns to beyonce and jay-z, the lawmakers writing a pointed letter to the celebrity couple. whats in it? representative rhonda santos joins us. tell me about this letter. >> when we figured they had gone over there, you know, we asked them, did they take the time -- you can see jay-z puffing on the cigar, beyonce taking pictures, on their anniversary, and we asked them if they understood that the way that the cuban people are oppressed, denied basic freedoms. if you speak out against th...