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America, its signature for cubas future. a reform process that raul castro has unleashed is going quite slowly. i believe, however, that the impulse and the imme us to will help that process move forward. >> and chuck todd, the president could have taken smaller steps, he had a lot of leverage here. hes gone big. hes done, im told, what john kerry first broached to him when they talked about whether kerry would become secretary of state. >> this is something that candidate obama seemed to hint t...

Urge the government here to continue to make democratic reforms and fully transition to a civilian government. hell also press the president on him human rights concerns when they meet one-on-one here later today. and tomorrow he travels to rangoon to meet with aung san suu kyi about her unique role in the reform process. obama considers the opening of this country to be one of his crowning diplomatic achievements, but now has to walk a fine line showing support for the civilian government while...

The success of that reform process here in rome. but hes going to the holy land next month. hell commemorate the 50th anniversary of the meeting of pope paul vi with the ecumenical saint of constantinople. he, pope francis, will meet ecumenical saint bartholomew in jerusalem, an important moment for christian relations east and west. so he will remain a large figure on the world stage even as he continues the process of administrative reform here any vatican. >> watching pope francis now at the ...

Election in this countrys history, because, of course, it comes on the heels of this revolution and in an environment where the russians are saying they believe the current int prum government is not legitimate. what the u.s. says is that this -- this election cannot be open to criticism. it has to go smoothly harks to go fairly and cannot be any international criticism afterwards simply to show this country is capable of a democratic process and will then have a legitimate government. basically...

Theyre forced to undergo a budget cutting process which probably they should have undergone a decade ago which is really more of a basic reform process. thats not quite the same thing as whats the argument in the united states or the argument here. so whether austerity works or doesnt work, it depends what is the purpose and what is the goal. and it plays out differently in different parts of europe and the world. >> the country you live in much of the time, poland, has had pretty strong growth....

Austerity debates and whats happening in britain is not the same as whats happening in greece or the united states. the politics and the economies are different. in greece, for example, the greeks dont have the option of borrowing because nobody will lend to them. their ability to borrow is determined as much by the bond market and by their relationship with germany as anything else. theyre forced to undergo a budget cutting process which probably they should have undergone a decade ago which is...

Use the heinous acts of these two young men last week to derail the dreams and futures of millions of hardworking people. >> while a number of republican senators including rand paul are urging the reform process to be slowed in the wake of the boston attacks, other members of the gop see it differently. quite differently. >> so theres the vision, do they get to 60? steve rattner? >> i think they probably do in the end because i think the basic forces that led us to have this immigration bill on...

Harmonize social security with medicare. in return flat ep the tax code, generate about $600 billion of revenue. and if you look at these changes over 30 years, this $4 tril wron to $5 trillion in savings. im looking at the biggest spending cut in history by reforming entitlements and the president is showing a little bit of leg here. this is encouraging. his overall budget is not going to make it but he has made a step forward to then titlement reform process that would allow a guy like me to t...

It is unable to do that, will we then see cuba itself losing a major ally going forward? >> here again i think in the short term youll see the level continue. maduro has close tied to the cuban government. he was the favored candidate to succeed chavez, i think there will be a sign of continued commitment, but there will be pressures at home for maduro to focus more on venezuela and the situation there. over time you may see a gradual reduction in that level of subsidy, and venezuela really repl...

Through a thought reform process, sometimes theyll have outbreaks of crying, of anxiety, panic even for no apparent reason, depression, even suicidal thoughts. >> ten years ago i would have checked almost all of these. >> yeah. >> all my college years, this is a description of my college years. >> oh, this whole thing? >> yeah, the whole page, you know, avoiding things, being incredibly irritable, having intense feelings, being numb, finding it hard to trust people, feeling detached, losing inte...