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Terms of how the locals are reacting. jacob. >> they don't want to talk about politics. the political consequences of a cuba-us relation. they're concerned how does this affect my life on a day-to-day basis. some people talk about baseball and ballet. many cubans are got goode at that. but to do that in the u.s. they have to defect. now that might change. for the most part. will this change the phone that i carry, the food that i eat or the car that i buy. they are concerned about how the economy will change and for most people, most of whom have only known life under the castros, they believe...

Building up for that meeting. we'll see if there's a hand shake, if there's a meeting, if there's more historic agreements struck when the two men see each other in april in panama. >> gosh. so patrick you mentioned raul castro, 83 years old. so what about that next generation of political leaders. have there ever been any hints of someone else who is either being groomed by the castros or whether there's anyone who is waiting in the wings who has been bold enough at this juncture to reveal their political aspirations? >> being bold in cuban politics is usually not a recipe for success. people...

Relationships. 44% support it. does the cuba question hold any sway over voters outside of florida? >> it is -- i mean, that's a democratic shape over there. younger cuban americans are not as concerned. the polling absolutely shows that. i just think, listen, you can hold on to the relic of what this thing was. this began in '61. i wasn't even born. has it worked? not so much. the castros still in power. if marco rubio has a problem with the embargo isn't the problem, what they're doing or lack of democracy is a problem, then let's have that dialogue with the cuban people and their government...

Suffering, in particular vends venezuela. the oil dependent nation is in crisis and near default. senior fellow at brookings institution who wrote "shifting the balance, obamas and the americas." and also senior director of policy at council of the americas. chris, you first. talking about venezuela and cuba and the fact it's actually been subsidizing cuba. what is the relationship between the two? and why do we see this happening with venezuela's crumbling economy? how does it play in into diplomas. >> when -- was elected in 1998 and 199 he looked to fidel castro as sort of his god father. hi...

You these three spies and loosen travel restrictions, we want every fugitive that you have over there, which are dozens, dozens of u.s. fugitives including the ones that stole hundreds of millions through medicare fraud. that would have been something i could get behind. >> all right. something a lot of folks won't know is that you were born in cuba, your family came here as just a child i imagine they came here for specific reasons. somebody i talked to today including my nanny who is cuban-american, there are people who feel like their families made great sacrifices to flee all was for nothi...