i spoke to the foreign minister myself bruno rodriguez who said we want to talk to the u.s. >> bruno art, a high official in the foreign ministry puts out this statement, lets talk, and the u.s. government refuses to negotiate for the release of an american a.i.d. contractor, basically someone working as a contractor for our government who has been sitting in 1/2 na jail for four years. >> there's been as far as i know absolutely no communication or no response to their request. >> have you gotten a response to the letter that was delivered to the white house we believe to the chief of staff this week? >> not at you will. nothing. >> anything from the state department? >> no. well, i did get a call from the state department just saying how sorry they were it was going on four years. >> what is your plea today to our government in terms of its refusal to negotiate with the cubans? >> it's simply to start somewhere. you have to start talking. there have to be negotiations. just sitting at the same table at this point would be a start. >> we hear there is an interest in negotiating bette