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>> it will be fascinating to watch because hes clearly in transition. he has a very presidential speech to a veterans organization tomorrow. he is right now and the balance, does he go back to much more divisive, angry rhetoric tonight? or does he stick with this presidential style which last night gave him enormous positives. my hope would be he will sidestep senators mccain and flake. hes going to need both of them this fall in terms of the agenda. this is not a place to pick a fight. >> bret:...

Way to save the republicans health care bill. some gop senators are saying the bill is likely dead. president trump weighing in on twitter fully approved and ready to go. and today protesters being removed from republican offices on capitol hill. take a look at this video including the offices of senators flake and cruised. a white house official is saying trump will not be playing a large role in selling this health care bill. what can you tell us? >> trump has been so inconsistent about the he...

Embassies out of those countries. >> congressman van hollen, you agree with senator haley, i assume? >> i do. this was a very emotional moment, obviously, for alan gross and his family and our community in maryland. ive been proud to represent the family. i knew alan before he was taken prisoner in cuba. so this is a great day for alan gross and the gross family. its also a very important day in american cuban relations trying to turn the page on 54 years of clearly failed policies to try to act...

The president did, i would argue the white house shouldnt be optimistic about what it can get done with this republican congress. >> hold on one second. i got jake tapper who is over there at the news conference where were waiting to hear from alan gross. jake is joining us on the phone. jake, set the scene. >> we just heard from a family spokeswoman from the gross family giving us details about what happened exactly today. alan gross was in prison on the phone with his attorney, scott gilbert, ...

Joining us, senator tom udall of new mexico with us, donna brazile is here, our democratic strategist whos with us as well. senator udall, thanks for coming in. youve hard to get alan gross out there. tell us what it was like. >> i was there a little more than a month ago with senator flake. we spent two hours with alan gross. it was an engaging conversation. my sense is his condition was getting better. it seemed like something was up. we were at the point where it really seemed that the cuban ...

Hes in rockville, maryland. senator patrick leahy from vermont and republican senator jeff flake. we have a democratic senator, a republican senator, we have a democratic congressman. senator leahy, ill start with you, youre the veteran there. you must be pretty thrilled about this decision by the president to normalize relations with cuba. >> im very thrilled with it. ive talked with the president many, many times about this over the past few years. like my two colleagues here have gone to cuba...

Flew from havana to joint base andrews outside washington, d.c. well be speaking with those three lawmakers, senator leahy, senator flake, representative chris van hollen, get their take what it was like as they flew back to the united states. lets talk about this dramatic new shift in u.s./cuban relations right now, what it means. joining us, ana navarro joining us from miami and here in washington, evan perez, our global affairs correspondent, elise labott, and our chief national security corr...

So im not exactly sure that marco rubio and those who are fiercely opposed to this improved relationship with cuba are necessarily, correct me if im wrong, going to have the votes? >> the ones who oppose are in very strong positions. marco rubios going to be the next chair of western hemisphere. any ambassador that needs to be confirmed to cuba would have to go through his subcommittee. jeff flake is going to be the number two. so theres a lot at stake about marco rubio being there. bob menendez...

Republican colleague, senator marco rubio, a member of the senate foreign relations committee, that anyone that the president nominates to be the american ambassador to havana, to koocuba, he will vote against and any funding to establish a formal u.s. embassy in havana, he will vote against any funding for a u.s. embassy in havana, what do you say to senator rubio? >> he has strongly held views on this. i respect those views but i strongly disagree. we have a u.s. interest section in cuba. and ...

Of the accident is "under investigation." >>gregg: a major update as bipartisan senators known as the gang of eight appear to have passed a key hurdle attempting for sweeping immigration reform. owe national correspondent has more from washington on that story. >> in spite of a breakthrough on issue of guest workers florida senator rubio says reports that the legislation is finalized of premature. he is one of the gang of eight senators trying to hammer out an agreement and wrote the judiciary c...