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How they relate to whats going on in their formerly home country. this is, of course, something that plays very distinctly into u.s. politics. im curious, at first, how has the cuban american country shifted in terms of their views towards how american policy should treat cuba? >> well, kasie, one has to understand that prior to the events of this past weekend, there was a thought and really a debate as to whether the united states should engage in a more vociferous way or a marginal or incremen...

Locate those soon result within our catching promo video it outlined the difficulties women face in the football world. that is a risk thanks for taking. them 5 people for whatever. reason to connect. to an indie bash christian yamato from new inside cuba. it was a tongue in cheek message to germany and the world demanding respect as they talk about a 4th world cup title and what the fans behind the move engines want guns and we wish with all our hearts that many fans come to the stadium far les...

Because i was perceived to be close to president clinton. on the hole, i think its a positive appointment. >> from our friend, a former governor as well, bill richardson, thank you so much. good to see you. coming up, a new documentary on climate changes and what changes will come with the incoming administration. in the next hour, a filmmaker tells me what life is really like inside cuba and what change is possible now that fidel castro is dead. >>announcer: valhalla awaits... the great nor...

And cuba. former florida governor jeb bush says the plan to reopen embassies in each others country is giving a pass to castro. abcs jim avila takes us inside cubas embassy in washington. >> reporter: at the cuban embassy, diplomats are ready to raise the flag on the newly installed pole. inside the cuban ambassador showed us the folded flag ready to be hoisted the week of july 20th, when diplomatic relations are officially resumed. >> when was it brought here? brought here specially to be put o...

We still do not know exactly who transferred goods from husband to wife. at the time neither country was even acknowledging that any type of talks were happening, let alone talks about this spy guys sperm. but we can do a little bit of basic math. we know that negotiators for the u.s. and cuba spent 18 months making the deal. we know that the just-released spys wife is eight and a half months pregnant. if you add the months, carry the two, what we can assess is that the handoff of the spys sperm...

Senator leahy was visiting cuba. and while she was there she set up a meeting to plead her characteristic and the case she pled was a very human one. she was in her early 40s. her husband was serving life sentences in a prison and she was desperate to have a child. senator ple eor leahy was moved story. he saw a way to help. senator leahys office to reached out to the u.s. state department to see if he might be able to bricker something to help out the spy and his wife with the pregnancy dill em...

Serving a double life sentence and not able to see her for more than a decade now is obviously delighted with her very prominent pregnancy. and he had that reaction because against all odds and some of the well-understood lies of biology and the no conjugal visits, that bald guy, that just-released prisoner is the father of -- yes, hes the father. yes, i know. heres how it happened. in february 2013 when the effort to improve u.s./cuba diplomacy was still in its gestational period, he took a tri...

States and president of cuba to make an announcement at the same time that they are moving toward normalizing relations. there hasnt been anything like this in the past. that doesnt mean that over the next two years we cant anticipate them taking certain actions that we may end up finding deeply troubling. either inside of cuba or with respect to their foreign policy. and that could put significant strains on the relationship. but thats true of a lot of countries out there where we have an embas...

Theres nothing specific where were trying to target some sort of visit on my part. colleen mccain nelson? >> reporter: you spoke earlier about 2014 being a breakthrough year and you ended a year with executive actions on cuba and immigration and climate change. you didnt make much progress this year on your legislative agenda and some republican lawmakers have said they are less inclined to work with you if you pursue executive action so aggressively. are you going to continue to pursue executiv...

Cuba. it has to. theyve got an economy that doesnt work. theyve been reliant for years on subsidies from the soviet union and then on subsidies from venezuela. those cant be sustained. and the more the cuban people see whats possible, the more interested they are going to be in change. its country specific and culturally specific. it could happen fast. it could happen slower than i would like. its going to happen and this change in policy is going to advance that. leslie clark? >> reporter: i ha...