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States and cuba. . welcome back. secretary of state john kerry is getting ready for a mission, none of his press predecessors have done, re-establishing diplomatic ties with cuba after more than five decades of mistrust and sanctions, part of a major shift in u.s. policy. it was announced by president obama only 24 hours ago. and it all began with the prisoner swap deal that included the release of the american contractor alan gross. let's discuss what's going on. joining us once again from madrid former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson, joining us from arlington, virginia, outsid...

Designated april as confederate month. something his two democratic press predecessors refrained from doing. this caused quite a stir. particularly because the government did not mention slavery in this proclamation. was that a mistake? >> well, i don't think so. my state legislature has made a legislatively enacted holiday confederate memorial day. done it for years under republican governors and democrat governors and for seven years as governor i have issued a proclamation because of what the legislature's done. my democratic predecessors did so as well. i don't know what you would say abou...