going to be talking about the aca and health care. nbc s kris enwelker, great to see you. thanks. reporter: thanks. congresswoman bass joining us. we have has we re hearing how divided this can be getting the hill and gop candidates lashed out today about the policy. i want to play an example of chris christie. take a listen. the president is dead wrong. what he s doing is dead wrong. i oppose it. i think it s bad decision and urge congress to do whatever it can do to make sure it doesn t move forward. including funding, yes. so you believe this is the right way to go forward and an antiquated policy? absolutely. it s a country 90 miles away from the united states with a population of 11 million people and we have no relationship with them. it s ridiculous. and i think that chris christie shows he has work to do to build
hopefuls. florida senator marco rubio, son of cuban immigrants issued a statement, saying in part as the castro regime has stepped up its repression of the cuban people, the obama administration has continued to look the other way and offer concession after concession. chris christie reacted during a stop in portland maine today. i oppose it i think it s a bad decision and i urge congress to do whatever it can do to make sure it doesn t move forward. including funding, yes. jeb bush also released a statement. in part, i oppose the decision to further embrace the castro regime by opening an embassy in havana. the united states and cuba have been negotiating since president obama s announcement about restoring ties with cuba. joining me now, ricardo herrero, the executive director of cuba also with us former florida state representative anna revis logan.
it means, thomas in the next couple weeks there will be an embassy open both in washington, d.c. and an embassy opened in havana. it s a little different. it gives our diplomats, our people serving on the ground a little more flexibility. they ll be able to travel around cuba. they ll be able to receive visitors. it makes it more possible to be available and accessible to the cuban people and this is really an important step as we continue to further our diplomatic relations with cuba. jen, as you can imagine, on the right republicans wasting no time slamming the policy, the shift, that is and here s what chris christie had to say today. the president is dead wrong. what he s doing is dead wrong. i oppose it. i think it s a bad decision. and i usual congress to do whatever it can do to make sure that it doesn t move forward. two more questions. including funding, yes. this from former florida governor jeb bush. the ongoing detention of dissidents and continued human rights
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national tv the isolated country s leader kim jong-un, said if conditions were right, he d be open to high-level talks with the south. translator: if the atmosphere and environment are there, there is no reason not to hold a high-level sum. we will make every effort to enhance dooig dialog and cooperation. reporter: it would be significant. but overtures have been made in the past with no result. in the past there s been so much disappointment with the attempts or the offers on the part of kim jong-un to enter into negotiations and then for some reason the conditions aren t right, and it doesn t move forward. reporter: in recent months there have been some signs of a thaw in the otherwise bellicose relationship between the north and south. kim s remarks come after a south korean official earlier this week suggested a meeting of cabinet ministers this month. translator: i don t think we ll have any particular agenda but our position is to discuss everything that south