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Conditions even to this day. it doesnt seem to me to be what was behind this. when you pair that with an enormous policy shift, its just a little too much. >> of course all of us very happy for the return of two americans and a lot of questions about this deal. thank you so much for your time. >> thanks. >> another vestage of the cold war, north korea having an impact on our lives and the lives of sony entertainment executives. the executives caving in response to hackers reported by that commun...

To negotiate with a tyrant. >> it was the latest in the marco rubio media tour deforce. this morning he took to the pages of wall street journal to publicly accuse the president of the united states of lying. the entire policy shift is based on the illusion and in fact, on the lie that more commerce and access to money and goods will translate to political freedom for the cuban people, but if marco cubeio thought he cornered the market on kepticel hard right cuban-americans he was mistaken. >> t...

>> hey now. >> we are following president obamas historic decision to restore diplomatic relation ws with cuba. chris cuomo is in little havana. that decision has sparked strong and divided reaction there. some feel betrayed. others are elated. what exactly does this policy shift mean? is it a step toward lifting the embargo? >> we will look at both sides of the story. we will speak with lawmakers who have been working to open relations with cuba. we will speak with others who think the change i...

Fun mode. all three are up more than 1%. look at the numbers there. 248. up next following the policy shift in u.s. cuba relations, speaking to a woman whose brother was killed by the cuban government nearly 20 years ago. what she says about the presidents announcement. 18 miles off the coast of cuba, u.s. navy and coast guard search for survivors of two planes shot down saturday. rescuers dropped a flare to mark the spot where the planes went down, but found only debris. rcent or more on car ...

>> all of this is entirely unprecedented. >> a lot of history seemed to fall down at once. >> the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. >> normalize relations for the first time since 1961. >> the biggest shift in u.s.-cuban relations in more than 50 years. >> our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right. >> any nuclear missile, launched from cuba as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. >> i will move promptly on the pe...

How disappointing is that? >> this whole congress has been a disappointment. because of philibusters. because of blocking of the kinds of things that focus on middle class and low income workers. thats what will be front and center next year. we will talk about social security in terms of retirement security. were going to talk about pensions, a trade policy that works for working class americans, instead of just this more top down kind of trickle down economics, which is what our trade and tax ...

Freedom of press or freedom of speech or elections, no binding commitment was made to truly open up the internet. no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy. and in exchange for all of these concession, the only thing the cuban government agreed to do is free 53 political prisoners who could wiped up in jail tomorrow morning if they once again take up the cause of freedom and to allow the united nations ...

Really mean because central america falls under the broad swath including all of that area. i have been to cuba six times. it is an amazing place in it is trapped in the 50s, they operate on a black market with u.s. dollars or they did, continued for many years after that, i covered the gonzalez case, cuban boy in florida who was eventually shipped back to cuba. you look over the years, this is hard again to overestimate the significance of this policy shift even though the entire economic embar...

Squeezed the innocence in cuba. >> the president will have to wait for congress to ease the embargo but the policy shift is a break through nonetheless and the latest in a major string of foreign policy efforts, by the presidents administration. one that will change his legacy. china talks, extended another 17 months and 18 detainees released from gitmo. the cuba shift comes at a time when russia ruble is falling. economic sanctions have been in place and the ruble has lost 50%

Is going to change because of this new policy shift, marine? >> politically, i dont really have an opinion on that because i dont know enough about whats happening with the embargo and how far everything is going go, and im aware that obama cant necessarily lift the embargo completely. there are minor changes that hes doing right now. i just, in my opinion what hurts the most is the fact that he gave up someone who is in jail for murdering american citizens. >> right. >> and thats the situation ...