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They traveled to cuba. that happened last week. and it angered two lawmakers who claimed that the couple violated a ban on americans vacationing in cuba. well, last night jay-z recorded a song rap taking on the critics. lets listen. ♪ >> i done turned havana to atlanta -- ♪ except lie to me, distort history, wan na give me jail time and a fine. fine, let me commit a real crime. im in cuba, i love cubans. this communist talk is so confusing. when its from china, the very mic that im using [ b...

Be allowed back onto theater screens. and who knew, john kerry such a passionate fan of womens ice hockey. >> who isnt? >> i dont watch it, but apparently he made a bet here with his counterpart from canada of course. he was watching this weeks world champion match between the united states and canada. and the foreign minister of canada says, okay, im going to take you on here. >> yeah. and he made the bet. team usa won. so there it is. he says ill be sending secretary kerry some beaus all nat...

Day. but theyre taking almost glee in doing this. and theyre basically picking a list of people that they think will get a lot of attention. and so far theyve succeeded in that. >> yeah. and harvey, i know the other story weve all been following of course beyonce and jay-zs recent trip to cuba. i want you to listen to this, this was just released moments ago. ♪ i done turn havana to atlanta" "fine, let me commit a real crime ♪ ♪ im in cuba, i love cubans ♪ communist talk is so confus g c...

And its in the interest of trying to find bipartisan solutions to a whole range of issues, not just our budget and fiscal challenges but immigration reform, reducing gun violence. >> all right. so, wolf, that was obviously the bit of sound about the republican dinner. but essentially what jay carney did say was that its just a song. the president did not talk to jay-z. what do you make of the fact that so many lawmakers, we just talked to harvey levin of tmz saying they were waiting if there was...

Think, eric? >> i think he is going to make a lot of money. if you -- 13 or 14-year-old son who listens to rap. this is tame in comparison to some the stuff you hear in some of these rap songs now. all right. so he is having some fun. im going to stand by. this i think we are making a lot of jay-z and beyonce going there. they shouldnt have probably done things that no one else can do. but its time to open the lines. its time to allow free travel back and forth and free transactions. its just ti...

Guess whos coming to dinner? well, the republicans. the president hosting a dinner for a group of republicans that happened last night. wolf blitzer is joining us to talk about the outreach. wolf, i want to talk about that but also about whats developed here in the last couple hours the brouhaha over jay-z and beyonce going to cuba and u.s. officials saying they did have permission to do so and then jay-z releasing this rap if you will defending the trip and saying -- eluding to the fact he migh...

He got permission from president obama himself. carney denied it and managed to sneak in a swipe at the rappers rhyming skills. >> i guess nothing rhymes with treasury. because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel as you know and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> jay carney apparently having learned no lessons from the biggy debacle. the hash tag youre it. jay carney says nothing rhymes with treasury. that sounds like a twitter challenge to me. show us your rhyming skills. l...

♪ >> messing with me about the music. jay-z got rapped by lawmakers by going to communist cuba last week with his bride beyonce and now responding with a rap of his own called open letter. took a shot at the people who questioned his holiday in havana. >> a boy for the hood forget white house glamour. said yall i dont agree with yall cameras. the politician never did [bleep] for me ♪ except lie to me to distort history ♪ you want to give me. fine, let me commit a real crime ♪ obama said ...

Beach. >> queue the laughter. the voice of a white house reporter asking jay carney white house spokesperson about jay-z and beyonces recent trip to cuba. quoting this guy, jay tapper has been in a few of the white house briefings. in his whole time i wonder if hes ever seen anything like that. jakes next. hwelcome back.. nice to see you again! hey! i almost didnt recognize you without the suit. well, this is my weekend suit. weekend getaways just got better. well, enjoy your round! alright, tha...

Doing is representing those people that have felt so much pain. and to trivialize whats going on in cuba, i think is just not the right thing. it would have been nice if jay-z and beyonce had spent some time with one of the dissidents, or visited somebody whos been in jail, if maybe they had spent some time with the people that have suffered, and theyre suffering there and could have come back and told a little bit about whats going on in the real cuba, what they saw is not the real cuba. its th...