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Remittences, cuban americans sending money back to cuba. but this, of course, is a major change. you heard president obama. he didn't give it as the definition of insanity. but the idea that doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result didn't make sense to him was what he invoked. he also did talk about the fact that cuba is still doing arbitrary arrests of human rights activists and the cuban people. and in fact in 2013, the state department's own country report on human rights practices for cuba says most human rights abuses were official acts committed ...

Carmax. start here. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, we've got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that? the swiffer sweeper. the swiffer dusters. it's some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. it's quick and easy. pretty amazing that it picked it all up. i would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really? ♪ for 50 years american policy with cuba has been tangled with policy. the president sought ...

To those who have supported these measures, i thank you for being partners in our efforts. in particular, i want to thank his holiness, pope francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be rather than simply settling for the world as it is. the government of canada which hosted our discussions with the cuban government and a bipartisan group of congressmen who have worked tirelessly for alan gross' release and for a new approach to advancing our interests and values in cuba. finally, our shift in policy towards cuba comes at a moment of renewed leader...

Really changed and the reason has been the effectiveness of the anti-castro cuba lobby. who is the cuba lobby? and why don't they want to change? >> the cuba lobby has, i think that phrase almost doesn't even work anymore. because in the 1980s and the 1990s, there was an organization that had an office in washington and they actively lobbied members of congress. and there was cuba pack moan although there still is but it is much less. it was accurate to say there was a lobby. now there is a doorway with four or five members of congress in it who represent constituents who do deeply care about ...

Cuba and turns a new page. joining me now, california congresswoman karen bass, a member of the foreign affairs committee, and nicholas burns, former u.n. ambassador to nato. now a professor at harvard university. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> ambassador burns, let me go to you first. how significant was the president's action today? >> well, i agree with you. historic decision today. we have not had a normal relationship with cuba for half a century. i think the president was very smart and sensible to do what he did. we tried estrangement and isolati...