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Adjournme adjournment. but the next chair of the western hemisphere committee where any of the changes would have to start is going to be senator marco rubio. i can tell you that he has been steadfast on his opposition to lifting any sanctions and there is enormous unity amongst the cuban americans in congress, whether democrat or republican, whether south florida, new jersey or even texas in the case of ted cruz in standing firm against any unilateral lifting of sanctions on cuba while they still violate human rights the way they do. >> and something that may sway congress, some lawmakers at ...

The castro regime. >> what about the idea of opening up relations between cuba and the united states will more likely topple the castro regime than anything else because it will introduce democracy through the internet "weekend expres for example, to the citizens of cuba. >> i think a lot of beam with good sengss have that intention. but my question is what is it that the u.s. brings that every other country doesn't. cuba does trade with practically every other country in the world, canada, italy, all sorts of countries in latin america and europe. so is it that an american is that much differ...

With markets. there has been a little. but basically the regime is very tight, very tough and frankly a very bad regime. it's still very brutal. but the theory is that this could be a way to open things up. >> well, interestingly, i think a record number of americans have traveled to cuba even though you need special permission to go. so relations between cuba and the united states have been getting warmer in that sense, right, because americans are more septembering of cuba. i's not quite so politically risky for the obama administration to reach out to cuba today as it might have been ten or...

Course the cuban embargo will remain in place. president obama cannot lift that. but he's doing just short of that which is allowing more american to travel here, more american to send money here. and cubans are just waking up and learning this news. it hasn't been reported yet in the cuban press. this will be very welcomed news for the people who felt a cut off from their neighbor, the united states. >> president obama will. making a statement noon eastern time. we'll carry that live on cnn. patrick, stand by. i want to bring in fareed zakaria. this is mind blowing to nem. the embargo was put...

This is the biggest political hot button in the united states. this is a tough one to go at and the fact that the administration is doing it shows that the president is determined to remain relevant. and in foreign policy the president has more unilateral authority than in any other area. it's interesting that he's staking his bet on cuba and iran, the two countries that are probably the two large countries that have not yet been integrated into the world. >> i just got a message in my ear th raul castro is going to make a statement at 12:00 eastern, at the exact same time that president obama...