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Msnbc. straight ahead, 50 years in the making. what the historic announcement on cuba means for the president's legacy. also, sorry. sorry excuse. why is senator ted cruz apologizing to republicans? and the first lady is spilling the beans on the obama secret dance party. all in conversation nation.
Medication available in the united states. now given what the president did today, it is my hope that we can immediately have clinical trials and if this medicine proves to be as valuable in the united states as it is in cuba, we can reduce amputations in the united states. that's just one example of how both of our peoples are hurt by this policy. so i'm very glad to see a change after 50 long years. >> ambassador, let me go to the diplomatic side of this. 18 months of secret negotiations. pope francis involved. this seems like a very serious and in depth type of negotiations that was really ...
With the ralselease of alan gross. you talked about the things under the law that must occur for the embargo to be lifted. one of the things that struck me is with a a product of its time. president obama in 2009 when he saw this flourishing of democratic movement in iran talked about how access to the internet is a human right. and i think here, you know one of the things that would be important to see, frankly, inside cuba that would signify change and real freedom if there was the kind of access to the internet and better access for people to go online to connect with others to connect with...
President, these are live pictures of the cabinet room where he'll make the statement. he'll speak for about 15 minutes? >> something like that. you were talking about the harsh criticism. we should note, it's not just harsh criticism coming from republicans. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, the democrat, outgoing chairman, robert menendez from new jersey, very strong criticism. pointing out the three of the individuals who have been released, the cubans, they were all convicted of espionage. one of them in addition to espionage was convicted of conspiracy to commit murd...
Freedom of press or freedom of speech or elections, no binding commitment was made to truly open up the internet. no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy. and in exchange for all of these concession, the only thing the cuban government agreed to do is free 53 political prisoners who could wiped up in jail tomorrow morning if they once again take up the cause of freedom and to allow the united nations and the red cross to monitor conditions on the island, the same united nations that did nothing when...