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49% to 47%. and one thing that's going on is that younger cubans aren't all that riled up about u.s. cuba policy or past grievances about castros. if it wasn't that big in 2012, unlikely to see it will be big in 2016 but i think in republican primaries, you're seeing more opposition, a bigger story with republicans and they're trying to court donors. >> mark murray, always good to see you. thank you. >> let's bring in congressman barbara lee of california. one of the lawmakers that came back to the united states on the plane with alan gross yesterday. congressman, before we get into the politi...

Years. president obama set to announce with these wide ranging initiatives, really everything he can do outside of the existing legislation. so we're talking about a relaxing of travel restrictions for americans that means a general license to travel practically anything of terrorism, a resumption of banking between the u.s. and cuban banks, americans k use credit cards on the island. the president also going to announce expanded commercial and export of sales and goods to cuba. and officials say this is not a reward to the cuban regime, the regime of the castros but more an acknowledgement th...

>> i've been very nervous over the last couple of days that something would go wrong, jake, because so many piece his to come together to make this happen. we've been working for five years to try to get alan gross' release. his wife judy has spent every day in this effort and so, you know, it ain't over until it's over. it wasn't until after we walked out of the building on to the tarmac in havana and climbed on to the president's airplane heading home that i was really able to breathe a sigh of relief and i'm sure that's true for alan and his wife. >> he showed composure and i was at the pre...

Watched u.s./cuban relations over the years, this is historic. it's a great, great moment if you want to see this improvement in the relationship. it opens up the doors. but there will be severe criticism. >> reporter: that's right. certainly members of congress, die-hard anti-cuba lawmakers who think this is not the time, that certainly while the castros are in power that there's no way that the u.s. could open up to cuba. what the administration is saying here with all these landmark remarks the president will be making is, listen, the embargo isn't working. if we wanted a regime change in c...

Trade embargoes and hard line on cuba and a way to somehow force the cubans to get rid of the castros if that would be possible without just fidel and ra oul passing away on their own. we saw feelings that were mixed. typically younger cuban americans have been more progressive toward ending the embargo. we do have sound in house in new york. and we'll walk over here. and first before we do that. look at the traffic here. it is packed and everyone heard about what is happening here. normalizing relations and putting an embassy in havana and everybody is coming down.