Have a great week. And well see you next fox news sunday. President obama walking the streets of havana, the First American president to visit cuba since Calvin Coolidge went there in 1928. This is the next chapter in what the Obama Administration started about a year ago. Some controversy over it. And arguably, a part of the president s legacy he wants to shore up before he leaves office. Restoring diplomatic ties between the u. S. And cuba. Hes only been on the ground there a few hours, and in that time, he and the first family, as you see here, have been on a walking tour of the historic old havana, a World Heritage site. And so on the trip, its him, first Lady Michelle obama, their two daughters, malia and sasha, and what is being described as a rather large delegation that
swept into havana this weekend, traveling with the obamas on air force one. The wife and daughter of late baseball star jackie robinson, the first africanamerican player in major league baseball. Baseball, as you may know, is enormously popular in cuba. In fact, the president is due to wrap up his trip at a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and cubas national team. More on the last time we saw Something Like this. President Calvin Coolidge addressed the panamerican conference in cuba back in january 1928. President obama referenced that today in his first stop of the trip, a visit to the u. S. Embassy. Staffers and their families they talked with. Watch. Its been nearly 90 years since a u. S. President stepped foot in cuba. It is wonderful to be here. Back in 1928, president coolidge came on a battleship. It took him three days to get here. It only took me three hours. I know its been a pretty busy
seven months. Youve helped support highprofile visitors from across the administration. And the business community. And now me and michelle, and i know your workload is a lot heavier than it was. But i want you to know everything weve accomplished so far, more americans coming to cuba, more engagement with the cuban people, civil society, faith groups, entrepreneurs, students, young people, more opportunities for the cuban people to improve their lives. Its all happening because of you. Every single day, youre bringing the cuban people and the American People closer together. The fact is, though, not without controversy is the trip. Kevin cork is traveling with the president. Hes live for us in havana. The president is taking two journeys, you might say, in the eyes of the American People. One to a communist nation we seldom see the inside of. The other to a nation that has a horrible record of human rights violations. That is the backdrop. What is the trip about so far . Well, i think you made a couple of great points in your leadup. First of all, engagement is really at the heart of this visit from the president s perspective. Understanding, however, that there is a long and i daresay controversial history between the two countries. That will not only be in the conversation, it will certainly be a part of the president s comments as he addresses the cubans. A speech that will also address the concerns of the cubanamerican community as well. If youre looking for actionables, you may not be terribly satisfied, but i do think youll see a couple of things. Obviously the cultural, commercial, and athletic exchanges. Im wondering if the late Jackie Robinsons wife may end up being the one who throws out the first pitch. The thought just crossed my mind. But i think youll also see Something Else thats important. This understanding that while we may not agree with the cuban government, we can certainly agree that people are people,
and those exchanges are expected to be at the heart of this particular visit. Harris . This trip has its critics as we both alluded to. How is the president being received there by the cuban people . Good question again. But let me just say this. We had a chance to walk around and talk to some cuban nationals here, and they were, i would daresay, pretty excited about the fact that the president was coming. Especially when we talked to some of the older residents here of havana. They seemed overwhelmed with this idea that a president from the u. S. Remember, they thought about this for many, many years, that the u. S. Might invade the island. And so the notion that a sitting president would come here and address them, the body of the cuban people is remarkable. However, there are, as you can well imagine, plenty of skeptics, not just here on the island, but certainly back here in washington. Weve seen protests, to say the least. A number of arrests leading up to this particular visit. Not everyone is sold that this is a good thing. In fact, i want to share something with you very quickly. Listen to what bob menendez, democrat from new jersey, a senator, cubanamerican, has to say about this latest visit by the president. You need to challenge dictatorships, because dictatorships dont just give up power or change their ways. Especially after 55 years of enjoying the benefits of dictatorship. Theyre not about to do that. Okay, so understand this. Cubanamericans feel like listen, we were here. We had our property stolen, our businesses stolen, our effects stolen. We want that back. They have a very strong feeling about how they were treated by the government that remains. Were talking about the castro government. There are younger people, cubanamericans and others, who feel like now is the time to move beyond and begin this peopletopeople bridge. Its a dramatic time here. I for one am looking forward to seeing how this exchange goes. And you did point out something that i think was also important. You didnt see raul castro greet the president. A little back story behind that. This is a diplomatic gathering, as you know. As long as the embargo lasts, these two countries are not exactly perfectly on renewed relation terms. What you point to is such a critical point. That is the idea of us giving them legitimacy. They have suffered a lot of cruelty per this cuban government. They went to that church today. They go there almost daily. They are arrested on the regular. But they have suffered a lot of physical violence by that hoping today would be the exception with president obama there, and it was not. They rounded them up just a few hours before the president arrived, and weve got video of that. I dont want to gloss over that. Because people have legitimate concerns about us legitimizing their government. But i want to move on. Theres been no mention so far of whether or not Guantanamo Bay on the white house agenda will be part of this trip. Your thoughts . Reporter not going to happen. Theyll talk about it. But the white house has been fairly clear. Theyre going to keep trying to empty it out slowly but surely making sure there are more detainees that are moved out. The president would love to empty it completely before he leaves office. Thats unlikely to happen. If youre wondering whether theyre going to give Guantanamo Bay prison back to the cuban people, that is definitely not going to happen on this trip. Its been a big issue with the Obama Administration. You remember National Security adviser susan rice saying we will try to close it, that detention camp, or die trying. I mean, those are strong words from the Obama Administration. We dont know that it wont come up, but as youre saying, its not indicated that it will. Kevin corke, stick with us for this hour. We may check back if there are any news points that pop up during this live president ial trip to cuba. Thank you. And kevin just referenced a long controversial history between u. S. And cuba. Weve been talking about it. Heres a little bit of that, some history for you. The cuban embargo began during the height of the cold war with the communist nations. U. S. Owned Oil Refineries that
were doing Business Inside cuba refused to process soviet oil. So in response, cuba seized those refineries, those companies. And nationalized them. Soon after, cuba took over all other american businesses there. And those American Companies got nothing. No cash. Nothing. No compensation in return. So the United States announced an embargo on most exports. In 1961, both countries broke diplomatic ties altogether. Fidel castro declared the island a socialist state, and the very next day, the doomed bay of pigs invasion. A u. S. Sponsored military operation meant to topple castro failed. And after it failed, fears of a nuclear war group. In 1962, thenpresident john f. Kennedy announced the soviet union had Nuclear Missiles in cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of florida. The United States positioned ships around cuba, forcing the soviets to remove the missiles
after some time. Didnt happen immediately. And president kennedy privately agreed not to invade the island. Now, lets fast forward a couple of decades in all of this, when president jimmy carter tried to normalize relations, but several issues, including a flood of cuban refugees in 1980 stopped that. In 1991, the soviet union collapsed, bringing an end to the subsidies that cuba depended on for so long. They call that time of hardship and starvation, well, oddly, the special period. Families had to find any way they could to survive without even the most basic necessities, and journalists that weve had visit there say even today finding something as simple as soap can be hard to find. Cubas crackdown against political dissidents continued. Remember, kevin and i just showed you, it continued today. We had that video. To try to stop that back then, the u. S. Government tightened its embargo in 2004, prompting castro to put together this protest. Translator i will be on the
front line to die fighting in defense of my country. The socalled special period eventually led to an opening of cubas economy. The government allowed some private businesses to open, especially those that catered to the growing number of tourists. And now, fast forwarding to now, american businesses are hoping to crack back into cuba. Well talk more about it later this hour with the fox news political insiders. Meanwhile, on the trip itself, president obama is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with president raul castro. Remember, he didnt meet him at the tarmac. More on that. And then take part in a state dinner at the revolutionary palace. Stay tuned to the Fox News Channel for the very latest on the visit. Now lets go on to americas election headquarters. Donald trump talking live right now. Here it is. Youre looking at it. The Palm Beach County gop dinner in palm beach, florida. This comes as three remaining candidates are ramping up for another big tuesday in the race for the white house. 98 delegates at stake. Arizona is a winner take all primary. While utah is a majority take all caucus state. Meaning one candidate could conceivably run the board and add nearly 100 delegates to their total count. Some conservatives are calling on thirdplace john kasich to drop out in order to give ted cruz his best shot at taking on donald trump oneonone. But the Ohio Governor apparently doesnt buy that logic. Maybe ted ought to get out because he cant win in the fall, and maybe these people that are hot on that ought to tell them to do it. They try to tell me to get out of the race. How many times, chuck . And now they should be thanking me for staying in. Because if trump had won ohio, it would be over. We ought to put logic in quotes, because everybodys got their own idea how they can do this thing. Peter doocy is reporting live from salt lake city, utah. How are the candidates trying to count on mormon voters there . Its really interesting to look at how the top two here in
utah are doing it, harris. Ted cruz talking a lot about how utahs own mitt romney is going to vote for him on tuesday. And donald trump talks a lot about how he doesnt think that ted cruzs campaign is consistent with mormon values. Lying ted cruz. He holds that bible high. Thats why the mormons are not going to give ted cruz a victory. Because the mormons like people that dont lie. Now, those aggressive antitrump protests in utah, arizona, and new york this weekend were motivated mostly by trumps tough stance on immigration reform. And since ted cruz has a similar platform, john kasich really stands out, when he says he doesnt think its ever going to be possible to deport everyone that came here illegally. Even though that is often a very unpopular position with republican primary voters. Heres what kasich said, though, just this morning. The idea that were going to go into communities and yank people out of their homes and leave their kids on the porch crying, thats not what were going to do. Thats just thats more promises that will never happen, and the people will become more cynical. I dont make promises, by and large, that i cant keep. I try to keep what i say, and ive not deviated from this position at all. Reporter kasich definitely playing ball here in utah. He and ted cruz both crisscrossed the state for the first half of this weekend. They are trying to catch up, ov obviously, with donald trump. That was in salt lake on friday night. I guess this is every candidates challenge, right . To try to reach out to voters who may or may not either know who you are or like who you are. So what is senator ted cruz doing if theres any headwind for him there . You know, the final cruz pitch here in utah is equal parts about a path to the nomination and just about how important he thinks it is to
beat donald trump. When you listen to ted cruz now in utah, hes trying to Court Conservatives who may be looking for a new candidate after theirs dropped out. So he namedropped carson, huckabee, and fiorina as former rivals who may have been favorable at some point. But since theyre gone and trump is way ahead, cruz thinks the only smart thing to do to beat trump is to consolidate conservative support. If youre someone who maybe started this campaign supporting someone else, all of the very, very good people who started in this race, from rand paul to mike huckabee, from jeb bush to chris christie, from marco rubio to Carly Fiorina to ben carson. If you want to stop donald trump, stand and vote with cruz. Reporter and to wrap up the talk about who should or should not drop out, cruz continued to tell utah voters he thinks a vote for john kasich is the same as a vote for donald trump. Peter doocy, thank you very
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fight against the savages there. Now the military says it is sending a detachment of marines to iraq. The troops coming from the same unit as the marine who was killed. New developments now in the capture of the top suspect in the terror attacks in paris. And we have learned that he may have been in the process of plotting something new from brussels. Remember, thats that suburb where we know that radical islamists are nesting. Garrett tenney has the latest on the investigation. Reporter this capture is already proving to be extremely valuable for both investigators and the Intelligence Community at large. On friday, Belgian Security forces arrested salah abdeslam. So far, he is cooperating, and
belgi belgiums foreign minister said abdeslam told them he was planning to restart something from brussels, suggesting additional terror suspects are in the works. And elsewhere, and how they operate. That kind of information could prove extremely valuable for western intelligence agencies, including the u. S. As they carry on the war against isis, something that white house chief of staff Dennis Mcdonagh referred to earlier on fox news sunday. They say that they intend to do this again. So we take that very seriously. And we are trying to draw lessons from exactly what happened on that terrible night in paris and make sure that not only our friends are ready, but that theyre welltrained and were sharing the kind of intelligence with them that we can. Reporter abdeslam anda an accomplice have been charged with terrorist murders. Theyre expected to be
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