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That the castro regime makes for its repression. unfortunately, we can't allow freedom of assembly and expression, freedom of the press and freedom to form political parties because, well, we have this aggressive hegemonic neighbor to the north. look at the blockade. look at everything they have done to sabotage the cuban revolution. that sound laughable perhaps, but it's not laughable in cuba. and that is literally almost every speech you've heard out of the castros for a long, long time. it comes back to that theme. the fact that they're willing now to give that up actually suggesting to me ...

Rubio who say, no, no, it's terrible and it is propping up a regime that should fall but you also have the ryan wing, paul ryan wing of the republican party that says, let's open the place up and let's have the market work and the market will bring down the castros. cuba si, fidel, no. let's see. those are issues the media will address but i think in the beginning there should be more skepticism about the kind of regime we're dealing with. eric: lynn, how will this all play out? the debate is fascinating and will continue. >> it will play out the following way. we had a discussion this week wh...

A lot of the survival depends on venezuelan oil money is drying up and economy is in shambles. we've held it in place for 50 plus years. the cuban regime, two castro brothers since january 1st, 1959. over half a century. we are a lot closer to the end than we are to the beginning and so now when we are so close to the end of the castros, the end of that regime, when you haven't seen fidel castro react because if he's alive, he's too weak or too senile to know this just happened and react. now that we are so close to the end of those two dictators who have oppressed these people for over half a...

First secret meeting between the united states and cuba took place, a meeting with a kennedy aid, richard goodwin in august of 1961 in asking for better relations, mutual respect. for the castros, fidel has lived long enough to see this. raul has an and dane to modernize and transform the cube an economy from socialism to capitalism. he needs the united states for that. cubans don't want to live under the dark shadow of a national security threat from the united states. they prefer to not deal with that and have u.s. tourists and people come here and travel and spend money and have normal rela...

What happens when they are removed from the scene. >> raul castro has already said he'll step down but i think in several years, after this. but he's already announced seve after this. the castros will be very careful in orchestrating their succes r successors who will be much younger but also committed to the same communist principles. that will change. with the younger generation. more openness to the outside world. i think part of the agreement is they'll have more access to the internet. i don't have any doubt that the catholic church, pope francis, has a lot to do with this. and that's a ...