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But senator bob menendez he's a cuban-american. he says the u.s. accepted dictatorial conditions saying that cuban flag should not have been raised in washington when cubans are still not free. your reaction? >> well look human rights remains a priority. nothing will change our focus on that. and in particular in cuba. this is an issue that was raised today in the meeting with the foreign minister and secretary kerry and we'll continue to raise it. the secretary believes that the best way to deal with those kinds of concerns is to engage rather than to be es stragabled from the government in c...

Whether it was isil related or not, only reaffirms our strong alliance and partner with turkey and continuing to enthem to battle against terrorism forces. >> there's been some criticism against the government they're not odoing enough to fight isis for example, not allowing the warplanes to take off from the airfields to attack the bases. are you satisfied with what the turks are doing? >> every member contributes what what they can and we're grateful for the contributions that turkey is making. they're dealing with millions of refugees from syria and doing it ably and nobly i might add. they...

[ music plays ] don't settle for u-verse. xfinity is perfect for people who want more entertainment for their money. we're back with our political panel. ron, i want to play a clip for you. an exchange that dana bash had with scott walker on gays in america. >> do you think that being gay is a choice? >> i mean i think that's -- that's not even an issue for me to be involved in. the bottom line is, i'm going to stand up and work hard for every american regardless of who they are, no matter where they come from no matter what their background. i'm going to fight for people. no matter whether ...

Press love to see republican on republican violence and so you want me to say something bad about donald trump or bad about john mccain or bad about anyone else. i'm not going to do it. >> reporter: cruz like trump courts the more conservative side of the gop. he recently met with trump, but establishment republicans are not fan of trump. they're hoping this is the beginning of the end for him. >> he's doing so well in the public opinion polls. stand by. i want to bring in gloria borges and ron bronstein, editorial director of the national journal. you wrote an op-ed on cnn.com. candidates are...

Issue, this whole issue that is now coming up especially for some of those conservative republicans? >> i think scott -- what you just saw is an indication i think of why scott walker is the candidate with the most at risk from donald trump's rise. when scott walker started this campaign his potential strength was that he could bridge the party divide. he was acceptable to social conservatives, the more blue collar but because he was an economic conservative he could reach into the white collar part of the party. talking about legal immigration, signing a ban on abortion and backing an amendme...