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Hes the president of the united states. and if he wants to have a party, he should have a party. my difficulty with the way the administration has handled sequestration, its like a school levy. when a school levy fails, rather than addressing costs, they say were going to whack the band or take out the football program or make your kid walk to school. so i think the president misstepped when he did the easter egg hunt. if hes a country music fan, god love him and i hope he has fun. >> tiffany, a...

Figures in our country and i do think it sends a wrong message. youve got cuban american legislators in the u.s. congress and theyre upset about this. not just because theyre a republican and beon say and jay-z partied with the president. they have serious questions about how they got there. >> the treasury department is a go. >> you would think that his congressman would care a little bit more about getting our fiscal house in order than where beyonce and jay-z spend their time. on the other ha...

In order to maintain their show schedule, they need to fly 30 to 40 hours a month. the treasury department confirms that jay-z and beyonces recent trip to cuba was approved in advance by the u.s. government. the couple has been taking heat from several lawmakers over the controversial trip. the tourism embargo prohibits americans from visiting cuba for tourism. but two members of congress state that their visit was part of an educational exchange program. president obama paid tribute to memp...

Vietnam. >> bill: i dont think its that level. >> inherently -- im not saying jay-z and beyonce are im just saying its the fascination. >> bill: i would love to know what they think about cuba or why they went there in the first place which you will never get that from them. >> bill, they are not political so he face at this cats but the people that talk to them about politics they probably hear, well, we need to get. >> bill: maybe they will -- >> they are emissaries to break down the boycott o...

About how they got there. >> the treasury department is a go. >> you would think that his congressman would care a little bit more about getting our fiscal house in order than where beyonce and jay-z spend their time. on the other hand, they could be well ahead of their times. i think a few years down the road, that embargo will be lifted. this blockade has done nothing but make the people scared. >> the good news is, as a brit, im allowed to go to cuba. steven, final word to you on the great be...

Wrong reason here? >> yeah, youre getting would recollected up for the wrong reason. hes the president of the united states. and if he wants to have a party, he should have a party. my difficulty with the way the administration has handled sequestration, its like a school levy. when a school levy fails, rather than addressing costs, they say were going to whack the band or take out the football program or make your kid walk to school. so i think the president misstepped when he did the easter eg...

Tonights superstar couple, jay-z and beyonce, maybe wish thag had gone some-- wishing they had gone somewhere else to celebrate their anniversary but cuba. the investigation of whether the the investigation of whether the >> lawmakers, including florida senator marco rubio are demanding more information about the cuba visit by jay-z and beyonce. it was licensed as a cultural exchange. but senator rubio says the government used the visit as propaganda and he wants answers from the white house. he...

We saw the "salty," there was one much smaller boat. and as soon as we got there and filming, i saw him get out of the boat and he asked me who i was. i said i was an american reporter and he confirmed who he was. cuban authorities came out immediately, some of them packing pistols and told us we needed to leave. but we were able to convince them before they kicked us out, go up and speak to him. keeping a close eye on him. they let me go to the boat, he wouldnt speak to me, but his wife confirm...

As we caucasians like to call it. he is its an awful regime and back on the gulfstream jet and bevel hills mansion and hundreds of millions of dollars. i wonder if he noticed that anybody else on the island was not allowed to leave with him. >> megyn: when you look at cuba and stats, theyre known for the regimes long-term imprisonment, dramatic rise in political detentions, and 6,000 government opponents in prison a sharp spike from the year before and year before that and average wages about $2...

And beyonce are in cuba. roll it. >> cuba is not a zoo. where you pay an admission ticket and you go in and you get to watch people living in cages to see how they are suffering. cuba is not a field trip. i dont take that stuff lightly. you just went to cuba to fulfill your curiosity which i could have told you about if you would have come and seen me for five minutes. you left thousands of dollars in the hand in a government people that you feel sorry for. you say? >> look, he is right about th...