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Kerry will travel to havana to raise our flag over our embassy. this is what change looks like. >> well said. 59% of the americans approve of the decision to normalize relations with cuba. david axelrod, sewn yor adviser to president obama and david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine both are msnbc political analysts. david, you're the expert on the legacy question, but in terms of the environment, a big issue with the president, marriage equality, clearly health care issues, all kinds of issues climate change he's concerned about trade. this is a big one in terms of reach...

After a string of hit toric victories last week his winning streak continues. today the president made clear he plans to spend his political capital and played his hot hand again today with a historic announcement, this time on foreign policy. he announced today that the united states and cuba will re-establish diplomatic relagedzs for the first time since 1961 and will open embazzies in each other capitals. let's watch. >> today, i can announce that the united states has agreed to formally re-establish diplomatic relations with the republic of cuba, and re-open embassies in our respective cou...

Change its policies. it also was a time when cuba was a client state of the soviet union, an outpost 90 miles from the american shore, so there was some justification for the policies we've had. we've tried for 53 years to change their policies by shunning them. now he's chosen engagement. and as you pointed out, most americans agree that's the way to go. >> couple ways to look at this. from the left where you come from, the progressive side of things, it seems to me that this is approaching a communist government. do you see it's a way to bring them down? some of the writers, on the right say...

Possession to the cuban regime. ted cruz said, president obama announced today he is continuing his policy of unconditional surrender to fiddle and raul castro by rewarding one of the most violently anti-american regimes on the planet with an embassy and an official representative of your government. jeb bush said, i oppose the decision to further embrace the castro regime by opening an embassy in havana. and scott walker said president obama's decision to establish full diplomatic relations with cuba and open an embassy there is yet another example of appeasement. i'm losing faith in scott wa...

These guys would have no problem with illegal immigrations if the immigrants from the south were heidi klums from northern europe. this is an ethnic war here it's for real your thoughts? >> both in terms of tone and the tenor and indeed the substance about that fear on immigration, we now are in a situation where donald trump is setting the tone and the tenor for at least the next month of the campaign heading into that debate in august. nobody could have predicted that a couple weeks ago, but it's true. >> we're looking at the numbers and numbers matter in our business. thank you, howard fine...