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And i believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the cuban people. i also believe that more resources should be able to reach the cuban people. so were significantly increasing the amount of money that can be sent to cuba and removing limits on remittences that support humanitarian projects, the cuban people and the emerging cuban private sector. i believe that american businesses should not be put at a disadvantage and that increased commerce is good for americans and for cubans. s...

Intricate set of discussions. lots of moving parts. but i think, reverend sharpton, the most important aspect is that it maybe took a younger president. someone who was not involved in international politics at the height of the cold war, to see that cold war policy of isolating cuba had not succeeded. to have the courage to change it. and cuba is just filled with cold war memories, from the bay of pigs fiasco to the cuban missile crisis of 1962. maybe the zenith of the cold war was fought over ...

Described as a 45-minute or one-hour phone conversation, the most significant conversation, the most detailed conversation that an american president has had with a cuban leader in more than 50 years. once again, going back to the cuban revolution in 1961. cnn espanols correspondent has been covering this relationship for a long time. juan carlos, how is this going to be received throughout the hemisphere? i think the united states was really the only country, correct me if im wrong, that did no...

The u.s. got alan gross, an american contractor held for five years, hes now back here in the united states. another u.s. spy who had been held by cuba for 20 years, he is freed as well. three cuban prisoners held in the u.s., part of the cuban five, they have been released as well. carl levin, democrat from michigan, good news, bad news, what do you think, senator? >> i think this is the right thing to do by the president. alan gross is somebody who never should have been in prison. theres anot...

Shown that isolation has not worked. its time for a new approach. second, ive instructed secretary kerry to review cubas designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. this review will be guided by the facts and the law. terrorism has changed in the last several decades. at a time when we are focused on threats from al qaeda to isil, a nation that meets our conditions and renounces the use of terrorism should not face this sanction. third, we are taking steps to increase travel, commerce and the f...

Reaction to the historic news today, a normalization of relations between the united states and cuba for the first time going back more than 50 years. much more of our special coverage right after this. i haits tough, but severive managed.ease. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. and that in clinical studies, the...

Confirming that he did speak on the phone yesterday with the cuban president, raul castro, also confirming the u.s. and cuba are now about to go forward and establish full diplomatic relations including embassies in havana and here in washington, d.c. even as the president was speaking, raul castro was addressing the cuban people in cuba. i want to play a clip. here is raul castro speaking exactly at the same time, making this announcement to the cuban people. >> translator: equally, we have rec...

Pope said because the pope had a lot to do with this. he understands for decades, students, journalists, entertainers, and about nine other categories of americans have been going in and out of cuba, the timing is absolutely perfect. it gives him an opportunity to make a positive change in this hemisphere that is long overdue. this relationship, or lack of a relationship is nothing but a relic of the cold war, and he has put an end to it. at least the beginning of putting an end to it. >> how wi...

Grounds. separately, in exchange for the three cuban agents, cuba today released one of the most important intelligence agents that the united states has ever had in cuba and who has been in prison for nearly two decades. this man whose sacrifice known to only a few provided america with the information that allowed uses to arrest the network of cuban agents that included the men transferred to cuba today as well as other spies in the united states. this man is now safely on our shores. having r...

How we could deal with all kinds of countries who are communist, who were dictatorships, who had human rights violations that were glaring. yet we couldnt deal with this country 90 miles off the miami coast. >> right. i think the justification historically has been proven completely wrong. and i think that like your other guest had said so eloquently, it was time for a change. we saw what did not work for 50 years. and this president has, you know, he has run multiple times on the fact that he i...