watching. we will be back counting down from number 10 along the way. for matt and kmele, i am kennedy. good night. breaking news. the president so desperately wants to close the guantanamo bay detention center is acting unilaterally to open all of cuba. , and the phone with castro 45 minutes if we're told it is the first communication in more than half a century and now with the senate al for the holidays the president chose to announce he is lot weakening the embargo is still talking with the state-sponsored terrorism along with

everyone and syrian city of. >> i have instructed secretary kerry to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish diplomatic discussions that a better place since 1961 the united states will establish a embassy in havana and high-ranking officials will visit cuba were recanted france shared interest. and for humanitarian reasons he was released not because of the taliban deal of. made the claim despite to release those espionage as spies on this the same day the cuban government did acknowledge the release of the cuban-born americans as well. surrounded by politicians is that a doctor says he

arrived at andrews air force base and sounded like a man who has been isolated for five years and a communist prison cells to make my last letter to president though, i wrote despite my five-year tenure in captivity i would not want to trade places with him and i certainly would not want to trade places with him on this glorious day. five years of isolation now standing. lou: the criticism of the latest unilateral action not only from republicans but top democrats and senate foreign relations committee's day blasted the president for sending a weekend confusing message to enemies around the world. >> he crosses our own redline once again i hope congress convenes the new incoming chair of the senate foreign relations committee

will call for hearings what is the most dramatic change of u.s. foreign policy anywhere in the world at this time. lou: we will take this up with a first cuba elected to the senate and also the former ambassador to argentina al -- argentina and also a civil rights leader is with us to discuss the charges of racism against the entire nation. a and breaking news in the sony hackings campbell the fbi says they have found a source and will name them. coming up as well. our first guest was 15 years old when he came to this country from cuba as part of operation pedro pena that helped cuban children escape communist cuba now we have the first cuban-american to serve in the senate senator

martinez then-president george to be bush's administration great to have you with us. i could go through all listed is great to have you here. >> great to be with you. lou: your reaction to the unilateralism on the part of the president? >> so wrong on so many levels. it was done and done. i would not agree with a prisoner swap because that is what happened in the case of alan grossi was wrongly imprisoned day of secretary kerry said there was no equivalent between what the cuban spies have.ihtz done for which they were serving convictions and what alan gross had done. but to do that you could address the of that but to go ahead and change dramatically u.s. foreign

policy after half a century and getting nothing in return? the leverage of the embargo was trade sanctions treating with goods so the of leverage of the remaining portions the sanctions had was lost completely by a unilateral cave of complete given to the government getting nothing in return and not a dancing to live in freedom for the future that just makes me so sad because i still have people in cuba that want to live in freedom. why shouldn't they? and today was made more difficult by the actions of the president. lou: is there a equivalency of some sort morally or politically are ethically with between another communist nation? with the people's republic of china and that of

castro's cuba? >> people talk about that i really don't think that applies. as a very close neighbor of the dangers that arise being so close we saw it graphically during the of cuban missile crisis. when i was in the cabinet at that time we had the cubans by operating in the state department we had to root that person out. but this was a tremendous spy case he had been spying almost 20 years. cuba was communicating intelligence because of saddam hussein before we invaded iraq.

but to put their plans through the panama canal this is a country still of a list of terrorist countries and i presume now unilaterally taken off though last. but that does not mean the cubans actions the but the minute different category from the way that china behaves to the united states and it frankly vietnam may be gave a very different relationship. lou: is it your judgment watching a new senate coming into town in january we will see an effort to roll back the unilateralism with the approach to workout a new relationship with cuba? to the first day that congress is no longer in washington and. >> it is remarkable to do what of this particular day. marco rubio already said they will look at what can

be done. but with the complete change to have the embassy in cuba you loss of moment for negotiations our leverage we talked about things like this with the quid pro quo is in terms of bilateral steps we would take some steps they would take some steps that is how you negotiate the you have good faith to do others 53 cubans were inky presented cable rearrest them next week if they want to and they're no freer today are closer to freedom united states is no closer to having a reliable neighbor there before all of

this was done. it shows a very weak foreign policy and without consultation it is just not a good thing to do with the receiver that continues to be on the list of terrorist states. lou: 84 talking with us. the president signs the trillion dollar government spending bill into law last night. action says he tries to downplay and public. >> i have taken he said more

than i did. [cheers and applause] then maybe i don't know. lou: of lot of fact checkers may have to update the ally of the year because what the president just said about the executive actions is not true. according to "usa today" he has issued more executive actions than any other president he just calls them presidential memoranda rather than executive actions or executive orders but they have precisely the same effect. but it carries the same force to be complemental -- issues over labor regulation and control per call but

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lou: hillary clinton playing racial politics after her husband proclaim their racial preconceptions are wired into americans. >> we cannot stand up together to say yes black flies matter it is a social disparities b.c. today may stem from a legacy of discrimination and segregation but we don't

have to perpetuate them. lou: joining us now. as we hear i consider a nonsense carrying out the drumbeat of racial exploitation what are your thoughts? >> i hear the voices proclaiming racism from america and it is disturbing to me. in many of us have experienced it but america is not racist to say we have an african-american president with brown skin and then many caution -- caucasians devoted for him so how does that feel now? we voted for you but i am a

racist? lou: and the attorney general calls the said nations of cowards and then retreated into the shadows and now has emerged again. and these are scoundrels seeking refuge in a race and being held accountable. they're behavior is utterly disgraceful for leaders of our nation. >> it takes courage on national television and i'm thankful for that. i am gathering with african-americans and other leaders for dallas texas for reconciliation. and then to have the most racist our in america sunday

morning been no people are worshiping together. now love every ethnicity i know that we're totally racist nation but we let them. >> but i personally don't know a man or woman i would describe as racist. not a soul. i guess i have been very fortunate in my life never to have encountered any of those folks. very fortunate. but i don't think i am outside the typical american experience. i was the beneficiary of scholarships and financial aid. i am just like bill clinton or barack obama. >> i have had come to jesus

moments with caucasian people powerful people that there was a time there was a repentance to say forgive me my brother or sister. all have experienced it in my lifetime but when my uncle was killed i wanted to play banned hate white people in my daddy said you cannot hate the white people. they march with us and go to jail with us and pray with us and by with us. so i was taught that by my daddy. america is not racist. there is racism in america. lou: we will honor your of coal will be considered to be his most eloquent statements coming up later in the broadcast.

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lou: today's sony studios caving in to the demands of relentless packers over the controversial movie the interview. we have the latest death of the developments on that movie and when it will be released in moments. a few comments now on president obama hutu years ago addressed criticism he was not doing enough for the black community.

he said '' i am not the president of black america i. a m. the president of the united states of america. those were made before election day 2012 and now two years remaining in office with no more elections now he speaks for those who did not vote for racial minorities and he is disparaging america as racist. and the media is miss -- listing with a judgment listening to the man who has been the recipient of just about every benefit this nation can bestow on a citizen. mr. obama more entitled come up more in the disk more superior in his attitude and tone. as he looks down on the rest of us lowly american citizens in the words of his obamacare architect, is so

stupid that we listen to his allies and we believe them. now the man claims about moral authority of any kind that it is deeply rooted in our society. attwood mind less than obama thinks so little of us if he hadn't taken quite so much from us. with his new interviewing "people" magazine he says quebec there is no black male my age who is a professional who has not come out of a restaurant and somebody did not hand them their car kate -- parties. ignorance against this country. in my opinion he should say thank-you llord and thank you america. is mr. obama grateful if any apparent way? no. not that i can see he talks

about being mistaken as a waiter at a black-tie dinner and the top adviser is she a racist? bowery jarrett was mistaken peter as a waiter and first lady michelle obama gave an example of racism she recalled the incognito trip where a woman asked the first lady for helping she obliged and joined in the campaign telling "people" magazine '' she did not see me as the first lady she saw me as someone who could helper. those things happen so it is nothing new. the courage and sacrifice that she made. aren't you impress? why is this an issue now? but it wasn't when she first

described the incident to david letterman two years ago then it was very different. >> she said excuse me, i just have to ask you something and i thought the cover is blown. she said knu reached down to hand me the detergent. [laughter] i kid you not. the only thing she said she was short she said she didn't have to make it look so easy. that was my interaction. [laughter] lou: she should. helping other people is a blessing now with racial exploitation has overwhelmed the white house and the first lady has fallen in line with the new american initiative spun by the administration. now it is a racial discrimination. ignorance in my judgment is on parade it is time to call

out the leaders for the hypocritical words and unseemly conduct. no american in my judgment should fail to respond to such words from the man who says he is our leader. maybe now we're only awakened to what the administration is. a new poll out today finds a majority of us, a 57 percent of americans say race relations are bad compared to 40 percent who say they are good. the lowest level since 1995. but the most damning of all is the president's view of president obama. 71% of those surveyed once our next president to take a different approach than president obama. i would ask this president to apologize to his untruth

judgments but i assure you that now i expected nothing at all from president obama. the quotation of the evening from a leader of the civil-rights movement refused to accept the view that mankind it is so tragically bound to racism that the daybreak of peace and brotherhood never become a reality and the unconditional love will have the final word. let us pray. we will be right back. >> president obama reversing more than half a century of u.s. foreign policy is overtures to communist cuba. former ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey!

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the effect the of the rest of the hemisphere? >> thank you for having me. i want to say we should all rejoice that alan gross is now free. he had done nothing wrong other than to help the community -- a jewish community. and i was disappointed with liberty and freedom that it is different than the north star of his policy. and then the secretary of state:pa will in september

september 102001 signed a charter i just don't think it is a priority now as it used to be. lou: but going to do venezuela cuba it is the beneficiary with allegis because of the crude-oil price worldwide. and so is it driven by that economic reality in the united states? >> three things today. cuba got a good seal of approval of the united states. they got schoolchildren

asking for release and lifting of a embargo and i don't see what the united states got in return. lou: is the president simply flailing about for some form of legacy with his foreign policy adventures? >> i think people have said this is the right thing to do, the embargo has not worked and it is time to try something else. my problem is i just don't see how something else gets a said the closer to democracy to say we can now engaged. but the cuban regime has been clear.

and to pledge it have never done anything and castro says he will not give 1 inch with the revolution in. lou: this may be an important part of the president's legacy. is great to have you with us. come back soon ambassador to to arrest. allegiance to the democratic party has hit a new though. 26 percent of americans identify themselves as democrats down from 32% only six weeks ago the lowest level since we have been asking. that has been unchanged from recent levels but we do see the number of independents rising and 41%. sony pictures gives into relentless attacks by the odd one hackers putting the

future of the film the interview in doubt and raising questions about the nation's ability to assure individual expression and freedom of speech. next.

lou: breaking news tonight the fbi tomorrow will announce that north korea is responsible for the packing of sony pictures for the film studio canceled a christmas day release of the interview because of threats the decision follows the september 11 style threats and the refusal of the largest theater chains to show the phnom. joining us now is a former lead consultant though the director for foreign policy studies at the heritage foundation will also spend three decades since special forces. great to have you with us. we are watching sony pictures roll over and it turns out no the management is racist in their language

and they're also cowards. what are your thoughts? >> backing part is not surprising sony had for security that allowed the koreans to get him but what is really disturbing the way they folded like a cheap suit that we now know are coming from north korea who has made ridiculous threats before. they blackmailed america into giving up our right to free speech and the ability of satire is wrong. lou: but what concerns me more is not that america has been blackmailed or distorted but we are more foldable by the very people who don't have cybersecurity for their company or intellectual property then roll over leica cheap suit to mix metaphors.

it concerns most of us profoundly that the united states has no north korea and has not done a thing about it. will that change? >> if i was a betting man i would say no provide a see this administration to stand up to call this a spade to let them know we will not stand for this i will start flooding the internet to let them know we will not put up with it. to get some onerous regulatory solution to fix the internet that will make them feel better. >>. lou: but has not been able to be at -- and to defend the country against cyberattacks nor has it been

able to carry out an attack to disable our enemies for those who attacked this country. are we really so important and in people? >> call fully on the offensive side we are not. u.s. cybercommand on the military side has the capabilities but they have to wait for the president of united states to give the word and i don't think this president will do that. >> where does that leave the united states? >> each individual firm has to defend its own network and we have to take the steps to keep protecting ourselves. literally takes two to fail to put you risk as well. lou: thanks for being with us. of a new report accusing the

administration of the pay-to-play scheme to find state department officials under secretary of state clinton overturned a travel ban against the woman who was accused of fraud after her family donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to democratic campaigns for the president's reelection. with the end run with the cuban embargo we take it up next.

lou: president obama is stuck on unilateral his latest executive overreach with relations on cuba presenting a difficult problem for democrats and republicans. and with their former speechwriter for senate majority writer and former adviser to george to be a bush. good to have you here. he chooses the day that they have left town is it a correlation? >> are you connecting the dots? [laughter] once again the president does not build a consensus as an executive action.

as it is time the executive branch but the opposition to the decision is across party lines you have senator mendez who was very upset and the question that lawmakers and americans and cubans ask what do we get out of this? what is the big benefit? >> and it turns out not to be much. >> we have for negotiation skills of that is the measure. recognizing the cuban dictatorship does only hurt the cuba no freedom of press to assemble or no freedom of speech or political parties so as i have heard they wake

up to to borrow for what it did have been other than the castro brothers got what they wanted. lou: the nbc "wall street journal" poll shows over 70 percent of americans that the new president succeeds obama they wanted entirely different approach because they believe it is absolutely going the wrong direction. there could be a much stronger repudiation? >> we saw a very strong repudiation of the midterm election with house democrats the smallest minority ever in 80 years so obama made a decision with little political capital and attempting to build consensus on capitol hill. i find it ironic the president thinks that making the gesture will lead to a trickle down democracy. it does not work that way.

china is still a communist country. lou: as president of racial relations and almost a 20 year low back at 1995, this president continues to wage a war of ignorance charging them with being racist and he is probably the greatest living example of a beneficiary of what america is. it is breathtaking but we don't hear much reaction from the media or the republican party. >> that would hold people accountable and you are right. we talk about a post racial country after the president's victory and we see the tension continue to exist and requires leadership and collaboration

and more than political theater with strong governments and i feel that it tries to clean up the situation that it should not have asserted itself for looking at the legislative solutions that could heal the nation but to do things unilaterally it was more political than substantive. lou: but going to amy's point, this is a man who had the opportunity, not to be president of the red states or the blue states but the united states but he could create a post racial society but instead he is the leading provocateur hour and disgusting and appalling president in terms of race

that we have seen in our lifetime. >> we were all together that election night 2008 and saw the massive support for the president and also the great hope as the campaign he would be a hero to help us transcend the different categories. but he played with them in terms of partisanship boat we have never seen of president so partisan after the midterm election. to say i won and we saw of the executive action there. lou: and he looks like a man retail the -- retaliating he has been repudiated in poll after poll. you are in is in charge of not reach for some minorities for president george debut bush. tuesday's sion's the

republican party will try to use these this opportunity the make up for the character of the party but also with murky men and women, the middle-class and though suspire? >> you hit the nail on the head. it is unjust minority voters but those will look for economic opportunity, personal responsibility, to defend our freedoms. that can bring a lot of people together that is the foundation so there is tremendous opportunity. the positives are you see many more hispanic candidates running statewide and winning the happen to be republican as blue or purple states they're not said gerrymandered district but overall the tone will be set and the leadership of this

party. >> that is not exactly encouraging. [laughter] >> we need to be aspirational. >> one can hope the republican party seizes this for a new direction and have given the republican is an opportunity to move forward. lou: and thank you very much. old times. good to see you both. and now time for your comments. >> if it's another bush versus clinton the nation will have no choice but to stay away from the polls. lou: that is a likely possibility to stay away. >> the real news and immigration is the white house immediately states the federal court ruling over the president's policies. coequal branches of government? >> i am tired to wake up

every morning former president to call me racist. he is dividing us. >> we did not report much of senator cruise and that was in a way unintentional. it seems he was a response will for the government shut down last year and this year he did apologize to hold up the spending bill that turned out to be a misguided maneuvers to delay the executive actions on and immigration amnesty so as a result the recession over the weekend ed henry reed -- jerry reed also one recommendations it reminds me of the man with little experience in and out right arrogance and lots of opposition. we declare this broadcast to

be ed ted cruz free zone he can work his way back to tsa to better. stay tuned. goodnight from new york. still think jeb is it? bull mitt. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. maybe ann romney had it wrong when she told me we'd have to see what her husband would do if jeb bush would run for president garnering 90%, bush way back at 10%. no other candidate reaches double digits. which brings me to my friend anthony, a big romney backer last go around. anthony, i have to ask you, are you ready to suit up for another? >> if we're playing rotisserie presidential baseball, romney is