carmona siempre ha sido un opositor ante el gobierno de los hermanos castro.obierno cubano eso no va a llegar a nada. es un ilusionismo polÍtico en el cual yo entiendo que ellos no conocen a fondo realmente que es una dictadura y quiÉn es el protagonista de una dictadura. >> contra carmona pesaba una orden de arresto por sus expresiones disidentes en contra del rÉgimen cubano. hoy considera que esta apertura diplomÁtica no es otra cosa que algo superficial. >> al gobierno de cuba no le conviene tener relaciones con estados unidos porque serÍa su fracaso total. serÍa el colapso total si ellos nunca histÓricamente han hecho concesiones con el gobierno de estados unidos. nunca han hecho concesiones y nunca las van a ser. a mÍ me parece una hipocresÍa política. >> carmona considera que serÍa buena una verdadera apertura pero piensa que es algo que no ocurrirÁ bajo el gobierno de los castro. >> que ese gobierno ha sido un fracaso y que como gobierno no ha resuelto los problemas vitales que tiene la poblaciÓn cubana. el problema de cuba y de los estados unidos es cu

no la van a hacer y al parecer esto una hipocresÍa política. >> carmona, cuyas obras estÁn despuÉs de. >> ese gobierno ha sido un fracaso. y que como gobierno no ha resuelto los problemas vitales que tiene la poblaciÓn cubana. el problema de cuba y estados unidos no es cuba y estados unidos. es cuba con el pueblo de cuba. >> puerto rico fueron los lugares mÁs comunes de la empresa de cubanos, debiÓ la relaciÓn con los estados unidos. en el presente, segÚn cifras estimadas de la fundaciÓn, en la isla viven unos 150.000 personas. >> en mÉxico el diputado del prd, del martÍnez fue liberado durante un operativo del fuerzas locales. tras permanecer mÁs de 10 horas cautivo. devorÓ con el gobierno, los coautores del padre del diputado local nunca realizar una llamada pidiendo su rescate. le dijeron que planeaba matarlo por su afiliaciÓn al izquierdista partido de la revoluciÓn democrÁtica. segÚn las autoridades, los responsables de este hecho son integrantes del grupo criminal guerreros unidos. >> el presidente hipÓlito mejÍa dijo que no habrÁ divisiÓn en el partido revolucionario moderno pr

even former surgeon general richard carmona, former surgeon general richard carmona has said that dr. murphy does not have the medical experience to serve in such an important position. let me.out, doctor carmona is a democrat. he wrote he wrote an article for the huffington post on december 4 titled in search of a surgeon general. let me read read a little bit about what he wrote. he said, we don't appoint dr.'s doctors early in their career to be a university dean for chairman. he said, graduate business students at the top of their class don't become instant ceos. top law graduates of elite law schools don't get nominated to be us attorney general for supreme court justice. he asks, why should the us surgeon general be any different? he concludes by asking the question, is the health, safety, and security, and security of the nation any less important? is the health, safety, health, safety, and security of the nation any less important? well, no. it is not. and the job of surgeon general is not less important. americans want the same thing from a surgeon general that they want from

. >> reporter: joe carmona is not taking any chances.ves in an area of martinez prone to flooding. all the water wants to go straight into his basements. >> i been flooded before and i just horsed around and thinking, oh, yeah, you know, i'm ready. you're not. >> reporter: there's nothing last minute about preps this time. joe started two days ago cleaning out drains and gutters and raking leaves. all the patio furniture is covered. he even got everything off his garage and basement floors and bought a new pump. >> the water usually if it does flood is going to come up to here. >> reporter: he remembers one particular flood that wiped out his basement. >> had no food, had no water. you know, i thought oh, man, i will never do that again. >> reporter: but his biggest concern is something he can do very little about. >> the wind, because these trees are old, and, um, when it starts blowing around, then -- then you have problems. >> reporter: but in case the power goes out, a big-time camper, joe's got his stove, fresh propane and lights. >

so was richard carmona when president bush nominated him. now, today even democrats have objected to the nomination of dr. murthy. so why are we wasting the senate's time talking about this now? well, the president obama thinks dr. murthy is qualified, why haven't we voted on him? he was nominated more than a year ago. we've had no surgeon joan, had the ebola crisis. he was nominated more than a year ago. his confirmation in the committee was last february. the majority leader could have brought this up for a vote at any time in the past nine months but he didn't do it. why? because he knew this nominee, this unqualified nominee, this partisan nominee, didn't have the votes, couldn't get the votes on the democrat side of the aisle, and the nomination would have been an embarrassment before the election. now is not the right time for this nomination, and it is not the right job for dr. murthy. the ebola problem and the other health crises facing our nation are enormous challenges. they require skills, they require talents that this nominee ha