on freedom inside cuba. two years ago he was arrested and imprisoned for what in america would have been an every day exercise in political speech. even though speaking his mind is what landed him in prison he was willing to speak with us. >> translator: my name is milan. i was born in cuba. i think my life is in danger by speaking to the media. i use this form of communication to notify the world about my situation and if something were to happen to me then everybody knows the truth. ♪ >> translator: the owners of this country have been in the regime for 55 years and they own everything. cubans cannot own their own businesses. they manipulate everything. the revolution they created back fired on them in real life. >> translator: can you explain a little bit more about march 23? >> translator: on march 23 during a peaceful rally asking for changes on the island of cuba the police arrested me. this was the shirt i wore the day of my arrest. these are blood stains on my shirt. the police officer picked me up a

trademarks registered in cuba, goods can be sold in cuba. he also allowed for farm equipment to be sold to small farms. the export of equipment. he licensed sales to cuba and finally financial services in terms of direct thinking and the use of credit cards. my point is the announcement of december 17 summarizes and confirms what i and other people have been arguing for years, presidential authority in relation to trade with cuba is essentially unfettered. you will hear some comments that the act of 1996 codified the embargo and limited presidential discretion in this area. it is not true. when the embargo was codified, it's codified in place the presidential discretion and authority exercised under december 17. there may be some copies at the front. i have written on this varies times. there is an article in the fall edition of "america's quarterly" for the legal basis of what i've said. i would want to leave as much time as possible for questions so i will end by saying from the small beach i've described residential sales can be used in r

in cuba.t wouldn't have happened if the this opportunity hadn't happened. >> larry: should we be concerned? off connection to there. are people concerned? >> people are cheering in cuba. >> larry: really? yes. and in the united states, too. if you look at the polling -- >> larry: that's what it feels like underground in cuba. >> i want those '52 beauics with the hydraulics! it's a low rider's dream cuba, man. >> none of those cars work now. i would disagree about what the people on the ground in cuba feel. the pro democracy movement in cuba is concerned about. this i saw your show last night. >> larry: thank you very much. brown noser! (laughter) >> you said you always stand on the side of the black people. >> larry: no, no no! no, no no! >> what about me, man? >> larry: i said i voted for obama because he's black. no no no. he was is first black president president. i came out against bill cosby the other night and he's black. (applause) >> the administration is normalizing relations with an

in the case of cuba cuba is artier wto member. women normalize relations would have to ensure that we would gain the same that the wto members have we would also have to have the pntr is part of that as well. >> i would say two things about vietnam on the hill that make it different from cuba. one is it was not an active embargo vietnamese lobby on my cuba. secondly the senators that on the issue of vietnam mccain and kerry brought an emotional dimension to their desire for a -- with vietnam. it works the other way on capitol hill. the cuban-american legislators bring hearts and minds to the embargo. that tends to be deferred to somewhat by their colleagues on the hill. there are many dynamics that make vietnam and cuba sufficiently different. john makes a good point that we can have ex-appropriation claims will be similar but the dynamic on capitol hill is different. >> over here please. >> i have a question on specifics. do you all have any idea on licensing policy changes like in the nitty-gritty like the aviation industry? we

business into cuba. i do think that the administration will build constituencies widening constituencies for its policies in cuba, which will give it more political/legal room to take further steps down the road to punch more holes in the embargo. >> you were talking about great potential in the future. are your lobbyists and the lobbyists for other commodities circulating right now on capitol hill? >> absolutely. and our message is very simple one. we would like normalized trade relations with cuba. that is our bottom line. if we get that, we think that rice and other u.s. agricultural product also make enroads into the market. a good example, a look back exports of rice to cuba. that made up 28% of all their imports. that will continue to grow, but then we saw what happened in the change of policy. by the bring of 2011 we were not exporting any rice to cuba. >> what conditions prevail under the embargo that still restrict the way you do business? you talk about credit earlier, but are there other thing

to cuba. there was a attempt to overthrow castro. the invasion in the bay of pigs was a fiasco and propaganda coup for castro and a black eye for the new president john f. kennedy. 1962, kennedy extended the cuban embargo with the exception of humanitarian aid but not before purchasing 1200 cuban cigars for personal use. then came the cuban missile crisis and the united states and soviet union had a tense stand off over the weapons deployed in cuba. as part of the settlement, the u.s. agreed not to invade. but president kennedy imposed restrictions and preventing u.s. citizens from traveling there. and over the next few days, presidential support for the embargo waxed and waned. >> there is no fresh bread or meat on sale only goods from china and russia. >> the nation was a constant thorn in the side of the u.s. and it lent cuba a romantic mystique. and celebrities in hollywood spoke highly of fidel. and praised the socialized health care system. and bill deblasio travelled to havana for his h

cuba poses no such threat. i applaud the president for his historic first step to normalize relations between the united states and cuba, and we must stop a senseless policy and act to end this embargo. i thank the gentlelady for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: thank you mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor -- the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. in the morning for the morning hour debate. guest: republicans say this was encouraging them not to offer coverage. they're saying that the 30-hour threshold hurts employees more than it would if it was a 40-hour threshold. host: the white house now issuing a veto threat against this legislation with their statement of administration policy coming up. what

agricultural coalition for cuba have been engaged in cuba and with cuba for many years. hosting trade missions to cuba and serving as ambassadors for our brand of agriculture. i have no doubt agriculture will play an extraordinarily important role in conversations to come as we expand our relationship with the cuban people in the years to come. let me add as a personal note it was roughly 50 years or so ago that a soviet leader came to my home state of iowa. during the course of his opportunity and his visit to the u.s. he had an opportunity to see the extraordinary power of american agriculture. i think it convince him -- convinced him the soviet union was in a losing proposition. i have no doubt that as we expand opportunity to introduce american products to the cuban market cubans will begin to ask some serious questions about their system, why they can't produce the great diversity the enormous opportunities that agriculture presents. it's an interesting conversation. it's a conversation long overdue. i'm certainly pleased that the coalition is going to help foster c

relationship with cuba is far less meaningful to cuba than is cuba's relationship with venezuela.ightly, their subsidized oil exports to cuba. that's going to create an impetus for cuba to make some changes that it doesn't want to make. it could result in a second what we call special period in cuba which took place after the ussr changed its relationship. so there's a lot going on that you need to review. we've heard some discussions about that. cuba didn't stop buying from the united states because it couldn't get financing in tisra. as a matter of fact, u.s. companies, when tisra was being negotiated the cuban government pushed some of the ag groups to push it and the business community said no because cuba has horrible credit and we don't want to be standing in line with everybody else trying to get our money. so i, council president, was able to go around the world and say cuba was the safest export market in the world for u.s. companies, and it is. cuba has never been below 50th out of 223 export markets globally, the united states. that's impressive for a small country on a

cuba does grow rice.y grow about 400,000 metric tons a year but to meet their high demand they import 600,000 metric tons. i'm proud to say that our industry is pressing for open trade and travel to cuba since the mid-1990s. we were the first u.s. commodity to re-enter cuba in 2001 at the havana trade fair and we continue to sponsor trade missions participating in forums here and in cuba. we did have sales during the early 2000. we sold about 64 million. that was the top sales in 2004. money is government policy changed our sales have fallen to zero starting in 2009. our loss has been vietnam's gain. they are the primary supplier of rice to cuba but we think is a lot for the cuban people as well. they are forced to eat and inferior product. we know the cuban people prefer u.s. rice. when i traveled there and when we were selling rice there consumers when they learned u.s. rice had arrived they would line up outside the stores for hours to get a chance to get some in the stores couldn't keep our rice on th

hoy vemos a cuba mÁs allá de la polÍtica. a cuba vienen cambios, inversiones y turismo.ce el empresario charles serrano, quien por aÑos abogÓ por restablecer las relaciones con la isla. y el actor y comediante george lÓpez vino a nuestros estudios. hablamos de su nueva pelÍcula, "spare parts", de cÓmo logró vencer la timidez y de la importancia de los latinos en este paÍs. comenzamos. >> vamos "al punto", con jorge ramos. >> vamos "al punto". la guerra sobre los inmigrantes ya comenzÓ. los republicanos estÁn haciendo todo lo posible para que no entre en efecto la acciÓn ejecutiva del presidente barack obama que ayudarÍa a mÁs de 5 millones de indocumentados, y si entra en efecto, entonces, que no sean tantos los que se inscriban. la acciÓn ejecutiva evitarÍa la deportaciÓn de millones y le darÍan permisos de trabajo a ellos. para analizar cuÁl es el objetivo de los republicanos nos acompaÑa carlos gutiÉrrez, que fue, por supuesto, secretario de comercio y el presidente de un grupo que financia campaÑas de republicanos pro inmigrantes. carlos gutiÉrrez, gracias por tenerl

normalize relations with cuba. if you go there, it's like visiting a time when the american car was king. >> reporter: in cuba just getting around is a challenge. few people can afford automobiles here. particularly new ones. gasoline is expensive about $3.60 a gallon and rationed to about 5-gallons a month. bicyclists abound. so do chinese motorcycles with side cars. but public transportation would best be described as an adventure. in havana we watched as a bus driver let 11 people on the bus then inexplicably shut the door to everyone else. this woman is waiting for a bus east of havana, watch her reaction when it actually shows up. so it's not surprising when a back of a truck becomes a bus. or you rely simply on old fashioned horsepower. and it's not surprising that if you have a car, even a gas guzzling american car from the 1940s and 50s you hang on to it. everywhere you go in cuba you find these legacies of a time when the united states was not a disposable society. built to last they have survived sun, sal

i went to cuba. i saw the conditions the cuban people live in and many who oppose lifting the embargo agree with me that i along with them don't want to see the castro regime continue. i want to see communism lifted in cuba so that the cuban people can experience the same freedoms we experience here in the united states of america. we just differ on how to go about doing that. my personal experience coming from an agricultural state like illinois, i believe that opening more trade with agricultural products, hopefully, most of them from illinois and then the rest of the states like north dakota others. i believe increasing the trade we already have with the cuban nation is going to allow america to invest in a cuban economy that's going to free the cuban citizens from the conditions that they live under now. the district, i represent central illinois has a very rich tradition inning a culture, from agricultural manufacturers like gsi in assumption, illinois. food processors like kraft in champagne, i

a brazilian journalist revisited cuba during this time. >> i return to cuba in march of 1960 and thingstill not been clearly defined. many people still believed in it all castro but i must say i found a series of promises that had been made had not been fulfilled. fidel was leading the country via television and speeches made all over the city. and with his police. many persons had been held in prison for four or five days without being interrogated. thousands of political adversaries have been shot. this asker lost fidel many sympathizers in latin america. the great land owners who lost their land had found the land had not been given to the peasants. the land had been nationalized in the peasants comments of serving the land owner were serving the state itself. something that was even more distant and abstract than the landowners. fidel had nationalized the great enterprises, which was fine, but through a work law, he had done away with rabbit property and small business, however humble it might be. the state has the right to intervene and nationalize a shop. if the employees were not

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back channel to cuba. and his back channels to cuba. you will find the book contains more be jealous that any other place on this rather fascinating history. the kennedy assassination has intrigued us all. it intrigues me as a historian of u.s. cuban relations for many reasons. one of which is that this ministry that efforts to reject the fidel castro is so counter to the known image of him giving the green light to the bay of pigs invasion, pushing through his brother for operation mongoose. the flipside of the coin national security council documents for further to the suite approach has always intrigued me. most intriguing thing about the kennedy assassination is the historical coincidence, although some don't think it is and when citizens, of the moment john f. kennedy was killed, there was a cia officer in paris meeting with a high level mall in the cuban military attempting to pass him a poison pen to assassinate fidel castro. at that same moment kennedy had an emissary in cuba, a french journalist meeting went a french journalist

cuba. cuba. cuba was the leader and rallying folks in the united nations against american.hould the president be concerned? shouldn't the pres. and the administration be concerned about what is happening as far as cuba and syria cuba and iran? cuba is not simply a little island in the caribbean. we are not really about cuba. we're talking about the castro family insistent on doing everything that they can against the united states and the american people. that should be part of the debate. the other thing is simply very simple. now the president is talking about lifting the us embargo. what about suggesting to the general president -- remember, is the brother of fidel no other reason than that. what about suggesting to him that he ought to lift the embargo that the cuban government has had on the cuban people the internal embargo that cuba cannot trade, cannot buy a car and engage in trade. cuba cannot set up a factory and you are talking -- i think you're saying, well, now that the policies the policy. yes, we are going to have, it looks like looks like a man american emba

. -- in cuba. the discussion ran an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, and thank you everyone for joining us today. we appreciate everyone being here. thank you for caring about a cause that is near and dear to many of our hearts, particularly many of us on the panel, and each one of us is connected to the island and connected to the cause of democracy on the island. my parents are political refugees. my mom and her family came in 1981. they were one of the initial families is silent at the peruvian and the city. enough about me. it is about these three guys who are on the stage. each and every one has participated in the cause of democracy and is very vocal about their opinions on this new cuba policy. and really what are the implications for human rights and democracy. so i'd like to introduce rosa maria paya, a member of the cuban christian liberation movement of the daughter of slain cuban activist oswaldo paya sardinas. it's hard suspected the cuban government was behind his death and to the c

so on cuba there may be about opening. but on the president's other proposals to raise taxes and increase spending? those are going nowhere in this congress. >> jon karl in washington tonight. jon, thank you. and later here more from havana. what the children told me today. and the vintage cars. can you guess what one of those american cars from the 1950s here in cuba would be worth back home? that's coming up. >>> and one more moment from last night's state of the union that had everyone talking. this is a political note. the president and what's being called his drop the mike moment. calling for unity when something else happened. take a look. >> i have no more campaigns to run. [ applause ] my only agenda -- i know, because i won both of them. >> a lot of people tweeting about that moment at the state of the union. >>> but we do move on tonight to that bomb shell back home in new england. the patriots headed to the super bowl of course. amid those accusations they deflated the footballs. reports that suspicions were fir

¿quÉ quieres cambio en cuba?iedad que las personas estÁn haciendo preguntas que todavÍa no se han podido responder, y en este caso, nosotros, una plataforma yo tambiÉn exijo, lo que quiere cambiar es abrir un espacio de tolerancia pacÍfico para que todo el mundo pueda tener una voz, y que no exista el miedo a decir lo que uno piensa o las consecuencias que pueda traer decir lo que uno piensa. >> tania, durante los Últimos dÍas, hemos escuchado en los estados unidos muchos rumores sobre fidel castro. durante semanas no se le ha visto. ¿quÉ es lo que tÚ has escuchado al respecto allÁ en cuba? >> [rÍe] bueno, no se le ha visto. hay mucha especulaciÓn aquÍ tambiÉn, porque el cubano a pie se pregunta mÁs que nada cuÁl es su visiÓn del restablecimiento de relaciones entre cuba y estados unidos, dado que Él fue una persona que tuvo una posiciÓn tan firme y tan abierta sobre esto, una opiniÓn diferente a lo que se estÁ proponiendo ahora, entonces el cubano a pie estÁ... hay muchos rumores. hay rumores... que porque no ha

she chooses to stay in cuba, live in cuba, when most of her own family in fact has left for the united states. and as you'll hear she loves her country while seeing its faults. how long will it take until cuba is ready for thousands and thousands -- >> it's going to take so long. it's going to be so hard because the first people we have to train is the people. educate understand why -- and what do we have to do to respond to that. >> reporter: other members of your family have left for the united states. why not you? >> i think i always knew what's happening now has to happen. at some point. and i really wanted to stay for it. because i know it's going to be so good, so rich. and i really love being in my country. i love my people. and i think i would feel empty if i left because i have so many friends that left and came back and when they came back they have so changed. >> how does america change people you know who've been to america? >> i think it's the lifestyle. it's so rush. it's so fast. it's so consuming. it's more about my job is, i earn that much, i just bought a shirt that i

the american people want to go to cuba. business people want to do business in cuba. they have to voice that, use their political voices to show those members of congress that indeed we ought to follow through in legislating accordingly. thank you very much for -- and this ag coalition is absolutely essential to making the policy work. more essential than any other thing. that and the financial institution that have an interest in opening up credit and business exchanges and being able to use credit cards in cuba and things like that are going to be the two most motivating forces to be able to change american policy at the congressional level. so congratulations on this new year. and there's exciting new assignment that i think is going to make it work well to serve both in congress and report it very well in the press. thank you. our next speaker is representative kevin cramer from north dakota. mr. cramer, we know you -- here you are. thank you very much. we are absolutely honored by your presence today, sir and very much looking forward to your message to share wit

>> cuba is not the revolution. when you talk about cuba, you don't have to talk about the revolution. revolution is the moment in your story. people have been dragging it for years and years, but revolution is something in the moment and then it's gone. do you understand that? >> uh-huh. >> now we're having new revolution. americans come to cuba and it's renewing the revolution for the country. we have been waiting for this. young people are born, we don't share this thinking of our fathers or our grandfathers. >> so that billboard i just passed on the way from the airport with young fidel castro saying the revolution lives on, that's what you mean we're living in it now. >> we're living in it now. >> the view of a young cuban who wants to be here to see what's going to happen next. >>> still ahead for us tonight, big financial news that affects every american with a mortgage and those who are even considering buying a home the change could save millions of families a lot of money. >>> also a spectacular view very

embargo against cuba and bypassing congress.ot president obama plea to the republican controlled congress to lift embargo suffered president castro's position. the leader is clearly playing hard ball ahead of summit of americans where the first time in half a century united states and cuba will sit at the same table. and between now and then he is expecting more concessions from the white house without offering anything in exchange. this he said would be unethical. i'm with al jazeera san jose. >>> more on the thaw we have david from a week long visit from the capitol havana, the second trip back since a two year stint reporting from inside cuba we will start with the travel thing and whether or not there is legislation people can as you prove travel to cuba, why does it matter? >> in many ways it doesn't. i think the bottom line is that what the white house did executive order is allow the 12 categories and travelers can go as tourist as long as they come back and self report something else and check at customs. the significanc

coming up live from cuba a very windy day, i'm joined exclusively about by cuba's leading diplomat and chief negotiator with the u.s. and the top american diplomat here in havana more of our interview with roberta jacobson. her first interview since the talks and meeting today with cuban dissidents. >> deflate-gate we'll talk to a former new england patriots quarterback about what this means for the sport and super bowl. you're watching quts an dree ya"andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. ♪ if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. ♪ it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ i'm pushing. i'm pushing it real good! is the chief negotiator with the united states josefina vidal. we've seen each other in new york and in washington but this is the first time you've had historic ground-breaking talks on normalizing relations. >> thank you, andrea. >> yo

cuÉntenos su historia con cuba.n todas las propiedades, no hay propiedad privada en cuba, todo es--el gobierno es el dueÑo de todo y ver ahora lÍderes como antÚnez y como iris, su seÑora, que fueron invitados de honor del presidente de la cÁmara, john boehner, ese es el futuro de cuba, personas que sÍ estÁn luchando por los derechos humanos y este acuerdo dÉbil, débil y peligroso del presidente de los estados unidos pone como un cero a la izquierda a disidentes opositores como antÚnez, como iris, como los 11 millones de cubanos que deseamos libertad y justicia para nuestra querida patria. que dios lo quiera y que sea pronto. >> ¿cuÁndo irÍa usted a cuba? ¿quÉ condiciones se necesitan para que ileana ros-lehtinen vaya a cuba? >> bueno, yo no creo que fidel castro me va a dar ninguna visa para visitar a cuba, pero, ya que tenemos muchas delegaciones que estÁn yendo a cuba, lo que yo les pido es que le digan al sistema castrista "yo quiero ver las cÁrceles" porque esa lista falsa de 53 presos polÍticos que fueron rearr

cuba.! secondly, the senators brought in their desire for an approach that works on vietnam. it works the other way on canal hill. the cuban legislators bring a hearts and minds commitment to the embargo that tends to be deferred to, somewhat, by the hill. so it's sufficiently different. john makes a good point. the mechanics of the diplomatic:34.f negotiated claims expropriation claims and so on will be similar. but the dynamic on capitol hill is going to be different, i think. >> i just have a question on specifics. do you all have any idea on licensing policy fh&d jttáñ like in the nitty-gritty? like in the aviation industry? we've got issues with the minimum emin minimus content, a plane going in and out of cuba that becomes a problem for boeing or air bus that's got a u.s. engine, et cetera, et cetera. >>> with everything that's changing with the high-level policy, how soon could we expect perhaps, licenses granted or changes in the regulations on these specific issues. >> the administr