and cuba. this was recorded -- in los angeles is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you very much for the invitation, great to be back in my former home in southern california, los angeles, old friends and old faces. going to speak about these two i like to make an apology to begin with when the , former west german leader about four decades ago involvement was overcome with great of -- of grief when germany did to poland they apologize to the polish people not to apologize to the indigenous people who for occupied southern california gore feel compelled to apologize to people of african descent who were murdered in enslaved old clothes that were subjected to atrocities and deprivations. at the end of the day those who still believe the process that led to genocide and enslavement was for humanity. it is unsurprising that given that so many people feel it is justifiable and worthwhile to have that genocidal incident that we have reactionary's sentiment even for what happened last tuesday i

doctors only -- >> trained in cuba. >> train in cuba. >> only understanding being they will return andand under served communities. >> that's beautiful. >> it's a great work and look forward to continuing to move this forward. it comes with some degree of push back. >> sure. >> the u.s. government decided to take away our 501 c 3 at the beginning of the year because of the work you've done with cuba. we continue to do the work. we think it's important that work move forward and we -- with the support of folk like at holman and other churches and congregations across the country, we're continuing to move forward. >> that's how you know you're doing good work. you got the trump administration assisting you. that's the surest sign that you doing something good in the world. >> right. that's right. >> all the best on the trip. be safe. have a great time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for 50 years of this on going struggle. >> thank you. >> that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley. >> mor

military involved in invading cuba. he decided to keep his promise about that, and not be a liar, and take one on the chin and deal with castro later. favor ofas not in trying to save a hopeless and doomed exile invasion with , ad hoc, u.s. military actions. and he knew he had been set up. talbot put it, the bay of pigs was "not simply doomed to fail, it was meant to fail." life to fail to suck the out of the president and get him to commit u.s. military forces. many eloquent comments have been published about the bay of pigs. i will read the last one. "president kennedy had made it clear to his subordinates that he would not under any circumstances commit u.s. military forces to action in cuba. but they did not believe their commander in chief. they believed once the exile forces were pinned down and slaughtered on the beachhead, kennedy would have to give in. they had lied about their professional position on the cia plan. it was a disgraceful, disloyal, and insubordinate performance." so once maxwell taylor completed

not all of them were taken by cuba and the u.s. turned them away, they were forced to return to europe. the u.s. commission on civil rights has this event in washington dc. it is just over 50 minutes. >> we will turn to our historical presentation scheduled for today which is the journey of the st. louis, how just refugees fleeing nazi persecution were turned away by the u.s. government. the internationally recognized date for holocaust remembered today is this monday, april 24. congress has now encouraged all in the nation to commemorate the day's remembrance and we are joined today by to accomplish historians -- by two accomplish historians. the horror of the holocaust should never be forgotten. the painful reality is the hostility to jews because they were jewish existed outside of nazi germany at the time. today we honor the memory of those who perished in the holocaust by hearing about the journey of the st. louis and we also honor their memory by ensuring such horrors do not continue today. unfortunately, media reports abound

this despite the progress we've had with cuba as benefitting cuba entrepreneurs and our businesses. how does this help? you know, after a recent trip to saudi arabia where women are jailed and flogged for driving a car or leaving the house without permission or without a relative, they get a hundred billion dollar sale of u.s. weapons, but somehow we have to step down on cuba. does that make sense? >> well, with respect to cuba, we are evaluating that policy and what our posture should be. i think our view is that the steps that we're taking over the past few years to improve relations with cuba, to open it up to greater economic participation by companies and american citizen did not deliver a reciprocal change in policy or behavior by the cuban government towards human rights. there's still political opposition -- >> you don't think so? you don't think that people who now have jobs in cuba and now have some economic stability, they don't think its better? i realize a number of those people now as "the wall street journal" put out last week, because of our restriction on trade, the

we cannot survive with cuba being communist. you have your excuse now. .hey have weapons kennedy, in a moment of tremendous greatness, says no, we're going to talk. he puts his brother bobby in charge of talking to the soviet emissary. you have nuclear weapons in turkey aimed at us, right on our borders. why can we not have nuclear weapons in cuba aimed at you? kennedy sees the hypocrisy of it and says your absolutely right. i will take my missiles out of turkey. they set all we're doing here is we have missiles because you are threatening to invade cuba, and kennedy says ok, i give you my bow we will not invade cuba, and they say ok, we will remove the missiles, and that shows they were defensive in purpose. that was the deal that was cut. it shocked the military, shocked the cia. it is impossible to overstate their reaction. look what kennedy had done in one fell swoop. he had pulled the carpet out from two or three years of study, report, analyses, regime change operations because they knew the only way to oust castro from po

ever had empanadas in cuba? no i haven't. just like being in cuba? yeah.olutely, and you didn't need a passport or a plane ticket. and to your point, who knows if we'll ever be able to go to cuba again. let us not forget these ice cream pops with flavors like guava cheesecake and maria cookies... or for truly adventurous diners who want to experience the island nation for themselves... jessie and madelyn have a travel guide they'd be happy to share. (media noche owners) it's so rewarding and we can't wait to go back sometime soon. electric car maker tesla has produced its first model 3 sedan. it's a highly anticipated car because it carries a relatively low price. ceo elon musk late last night tweeted pictures of the car. it will cost $35,000 and can travel 215 miles on a single electric charge. a tax credit for electric vehicles would lower the cost $27,500. more than 380-thousand people have already paid 1-thousand dollar deposits to own a model-3. tesla is expected to ramp up production and make 20- thousand vehicles per month by december. right now opt

ever had empanadas in cuba? no i haven't. just like being in cuba? yeah.bsolutely, and you didn't need a passport or a plane ticket. and to your point, who knows if we'll ever be able to go to cuba again. let us not forget these ice cream pops with flavors like guava cheesecake and maria cookies... or for truly adventurous diners who want to experience the island nation for themselves... jessie and madelyn have a travel guide they'd be happy to share. (media noche owners) it's so rewarding and we can't wait to go back sometime soon. still ahead at 8. you might think posting the declaration of independe nce on july 4-th as patriotic.. but some people --- took it as a threat. and next. support from the president and the pope. all to help a baby slated to be taken off life support in just days time is running out for little charlie gard. the 11-month-old was diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease ... and doctors say his brain damage is irreversible.(steve) a london hospital plans on taking him off life support this friday. this despite, efforts of help from t

one effort that they had in cuba is $1 billion. and really hopeful that perhaps this would lead us to find some of the millions of dollars that this has stalin from the blood of other people and the blood of the poor because nothing helped create poverty more than socialism. the more you approximated, the more poverty and suffering that you create but again, it's slow equality and it has replaced orthod orthodox marxism to get to power. and our philosophies are too different. let's create popular fronts, coalition and work through that coalition. today in the united states, i think it's the democrat party. but we'll see. >> well, i think that's the points made here that are good ones because i said to student last night, communism is not godless. they have a god. the god is the state. they have what religion professors would call -- they identify sin and the sin is selective and the state is how will this evil be overcome by revolution and by statist rule. so it's actually -- it has, as you pointed out, religious aspects to it. it'

now let's turn to cuba. after the election of john kennedy in november of 1960 angleton became more involved in than anymore involved other scholars and journalists have known until now. unlike his liberal friend he was immune to that threat that cuba was a reformer with which the united states to do business. after the humiliation of the bay of pigs angleton was drawn more deeply into cuba operations. on may 4 the national security council asked him -- cast him with a new job to train and support a highly motivated and competent apolitical and career security service that would be dedicated to the preservation of the democratic form of wasrnment angleton in short creating a government for post-castro cuba. to that end he discussed assassinating castro. ofnovember 1961 the chief the cuba task force and him met with a scientist to work for the british equivalent of the ebb the eye. -- fbi. they grill him about how the fbi pursuit assassination bid angleton took such careful notes that they began to have secon

that's cuba. we can go to north korea if they'll let us in, like dennis rodman or iraq or iran or anywhere else if they'll let us in, but not cuba. frankly, we'll talk more about this. my time is up, but good lord, let's deal with reality, not rhetoric. >> senator muran. i didn't think that was a question so go ahead. >> if the secretary wanted to respond to it out of fairness, feel free. >> well, i think that somewhere in there there was a cuba question. and as i began to -- >> would you roll back what we were doing? >> i think what we are examining in the policy discussion on cuba is there is existing law that's still in place that says we are not to allow or facilitate people to allow financial support revenue to the regime. as the process to open up cuba has unfolded, it is our view that that is happening. if cuban people are able to conduct business activities with americans and others and there's no revenue directly in terms of ownership in these entities back to the regime, then, you know,

not throughing to cuba. if he thinks government-run healthcare is so amazing, come down to the va in arizona where i come from where veterans actually die waiting for healthcare. i don't understand how he can be so disconnected from the reality where you are telling americans to go to cuba to check out what great healthcare they have. it's one of the stupidest things i have heard on tv in a long time. >> three gop -- 10 ask gop senators have expressed some sort of opposition to the bill. this is on shaky ground. i think what the president's tweet says it screams that it might not pass. what he had to say is listen, i can't imagine gop senators or any senator leaving congress to go to their august recess without. i would be surprised if this thing passes. kennedy: former f.b.i. director james comey back in the spotlight. boy do we miss you, jim. a report according to the hill says half of his memos were classified and he ignored security protocols. the president was quick to take a swipe at the f.b.i. directo

he felt comfortable in cuba. the gulfstream was right there. it was good and bad but i think the isolation did him more harm than good. he needed -- he needed people to tell him when his writing wasn't going well or this was a bad direction and his editor, max perkins, he died and ernest published a book, across the river, i am sure he would not have let him publish. he needed outside voices and he isolated himself there. >> host: he took perkins's death hard. >> guest: pauline, he said -- i think he lost the guidance he needed. with all these writers, nobody touched a word except his spelling and grammar. he did that -- >> host: he did blow and say -- >> guest: don't go in this direction. hemingway was a terrible poet and at one point he wanted scribners to bring out a volume of his poetry and it was only very difficult that -- no, i don't think so. >> host: one of the things i did not know is he actually wanted the nobel prize. he would get up in the morning on the day of, waiting for his name to be called. he had a couple -- fokker got it, h

we just got back from cuba. and we go there every year, and we invite people to join us, and we design the trip as sort of a crash course on the history and the politics and the spirituality of the country, and we end up spending time with the lgbt community to learn about their lives and how we can support them. we also march with them in the conga, which is their version of our gay pride march. we also distribute humanitarian aid, medical supplies, while we're there and financial grants for some programs that we support, like an h.i.v. children's summer camp and a camp for children who have cancer. >> oh, that's wonderful. >> yeah. >> now, years ago, when fidel castro was in power, he would toss gay men into concentration camps or beat them, and then i guess later apologized at the end of his life. >> yeah. i think around 2010, in his autobiography, he did turn around and talked about how deplorable and wrong what the regime has done, and his niece, the president's daughter, mariela, is a huge advocate for lgb

with respect to our determinations with respect to cuba, the facts there as well going forward on our engagement with cuba, both law enforcement, migration issues, and with respect to trafficking in persons. and provide you with information, if not the plan that susan described, sufficient information so that you understand what our position is with respect to cuba. >> i won't belabor it because the chairman has been very gracious. i'll simply say, first of all, i would like an answer for the record in writing and i would be happy to take your briefing as well. let me just say this answer that we can't even see a report that has nothing to do with the deliberations to determine whether a country should get a waiver or not, that is beyond the scope, from my perspective, beyond the scope and not acceptable. thank you, mr. >>>friday on c-span 3 a discussion about the annual medicare trustees report with remarks. live coverage starts at 9:15 eastern time. and at noon eastern a look at the foreign intelligence surveillance act also known as ficea. the congressional internet caucus committe

kennedy made this speech concerning the soviet missiles and cuba to the nation. it wasn't long after that, about kennedyhs later that and the world is faced with the effects of the berlin wall. germany in june of 1963 and made his very famous speech there that he supported germany and supported a unified america was not going to stand around and allow this to happen. negotiate with the soviet union. he met with khrushchev indiana -- khrushchev in vienna. this picture was taken prior to the summit, i think the evening before. it also shows how jackie, the great asset jfk, was truly an ambassador to the world. early in 61 when president kennedy gave his speech that we are going to have to beat the russians. this is a photograph of jfk touring and being educated about the different types of missiles that would carry a man into space. 1963 jfk had to start to prepare for reelection campaign in 64. becoming anh was area, even though lyndon johnson was his vice president, that she had to renew his support. a trip was planned to fort worth and dallas. this picture of ja

. >> like cuba, like colombia, et cetera, like venezuela, is that we are multicultural. people tend to be... latinos amongst themselves, we have these innate predjudices that we've inherited sometimes from our parents, our grandparents, and because of our colonial history. we say, "well..." (speaking spanish) "i'm from the mother country, spain." i say, "but spain is a multicultural society, too. it was ruled by the muslims for over 800 years. africa lives in spain, too." >> hinojosa: but a lot of times people will hear... you've heard it before. you've heard people say, "oh, salsa music, it's just, you know, noise, it's simple, it's..." and in fact, afro cuban music, you know, which became salsa, at least in new york, it's incredibly complex. >> sure, sure, sure. i mean, people that say things like that, what they are telling me right away is they don't know anything about the music. and it says more about them than anything else. they're either closed-minded, they have some fear of the culture, the music, or of the people. >> hinojosa: but explain how complex it is. an

it's not venezuela and it's not cuba they will not have a fair election and it will be debated. we are prepared to work with whoever because it is an important relationship and so obviously that is a question that will be answered but my hope is that it remains steady and i think it is in the best interest of mexico and the united states. >> on >> one of the concerns going back to columbia. it's very difficult if you don't have security companies are not going to invest capital in places they feel threatened or think the rule of law doesn't apply. people are not going to visit places they think are dangerous. we had a bombing that killed three people as an example. if we are going to return to those days that is problematic and also a state cannot find governmental services unless it has an economy to generate the revenues necessary for those purposes so they are related before there can be economic growth you can't have one without the other. >> a related question would you say nafta has played a role in driving impoverished mexicans and into make ends meet? >> i think like any

guatemala and nicaragua dropped to tier two and joined cuba. there's clearly a lot of action in the americas on this issue now. how do you think that cut, if it is carried out in the budget, would affect the ability of the countries in that region or our ability to help them combat trafficking in persons? >> so certainly towards trafficking being a priority i'm hoping that the budget cuts will stay away from what the administration has acknowledged is a priority. we also just recently entered into a child protection compact with the government of peru whereby we will focus approximately five million dollars over three to four years with ngos there addressing the problem of child trafficking in peru. so we are still very engaged. we obviously have international program funds going to central and south america. it is an area where we believe we will still continue to be an important player and still put our energies and focus on that area. >> and i know this is kind of a hard question to answer generally, but as you're looking at latin america ge

so cuba has extraordinary power.nezuela is a satellite. >> if you look at the advisors around maduro, the senior official, this has been critical to the survival of raul castro and the leadership in havana. these are two tottering regimes leaning on each other. if if maduro fell, it would impact cuba as well. david: north korea, it's clear that that missile they tests out the other day has the capacity to go all the way to chicago. i know we are getting thaad missiles into south korea and japan. don't we have to take offensive measures to keep them from hitting the u.s.? >> the job of the president is to protect innocent civilians from this kinds of attack. no one wants to see a show of force. but we have just about run out of time. we have followed mistaken policy for three decades. chickens are coming home to roost. david: one adventurer bringing extreme yoga to the mountains of switzerland. watch as he balances on a cable 6,500 feet in the air. he does handstand. he currently holds the record for the world's longe

bill de blasio when was married, honeymooned in cuba. when he was, college student in the '80s, he helped out san today -- sandinistas, the communist regime in el salavador. he has never repudiated his leftest marxist past. to see him go give aid and comfort -- i'm not sure that is what he is doing there. trish: he will protest. >> this is further proof that, that these protesters, i get a lot of stuff on twitter, these aren't communists. these are anti-globalists. i got news for you, these guys have nothing in common with steve bannon. have nothing in common. trish: roll the tape. see what is happening over there. >> look a lot of red. trish: these folks, are not just everyday protesters? these are anti-capitalists but actually communists. >> they're communists. listen -- trish: want to see a different

if if maduro fell, it would impact cuba as well. david: north korea, it's clear that that missile they tests out the other day has the capacity to go all the way to chicago. i know we are getting thaad missiles into south korea and japan. don't we have to take offensive measures to keep them from hitting the u.s.? >> the job of the president is to protect innocent civilians from this kinds of attack. no one wants to see a show of

happen and then was prepared to attack the missiles in cuba and completed in such a way. and then to think one in three chance of nuclear war. but this happened over 13 days but over the next 13 months maybe and to acquire that ability but also president trumpeted says that mine will crash into yours if you reach that point. and most will not quite remember. but secretary perry and i am going through this exercise the first time. but then meet and bill would have attacked north korea. to prevent north korea for that plutonium after a few more steps to become a nuclear weapon states. how could you possibly live in the world like that state like north korea we should prevent it if we can then we should. >> for sure hour south korea ally would have a heart attack. antiviolence. >> and maybe that would turgor a response and looking back he was right. and that would provoke the second korean war that i am not sure this is a good idea . but making some very hard choices i'll stick with the view that i held at the time with the police department but at any case the arsenal of 20

from cuba, the bbc‘s will grant.ational rebellion, when fidel castro led a group of young radicals in a failed attempt to overthrow a military barracks in july, 1953. it marked, in effect, the starting pistol for the cuban revolution. and every year the authorities hold this event for the party faithful, attended by the handful of survivors who were there that day. including the octogenarian president, raul castro, the rhetoric has remained pretty much the same over the years. president castro didn't speak himself, but the communist party's second—in—command warned the us president that any attempts to unseat the revolution was doomed to fail. this is the first such event to be held since fidel castro died at the end of last year, and the last to be led by his younger brother raul castro. he is due to finally hand over the reins of power when he steps down in february, 2018. but the passing to a younger generation presents its own problems to this entrenched political system. the likely successor is the 57—year—old v

. —— cuba and the us have enjoyed a tumultuous relationship.end. a collapsible kayak that can fit inside a suitcase. this the mode of travel for four americans setting out on a bold adventure. we want to demonstrate this kayak, that is a foldable kayak, that can operate in the ocean like this. and this is a sport we love and we want to test our own limits. there's little more than 100 miles between the two countries. the starting point for the trip is havana, then they would head north to key west at the very tip of the florida keys. in the last few years, the situation between the us and cuba had eased, president 0bama normalising relations in 2015. but that reprochement was partly reversed by his predecessor, president trump, last month. the team setting off from havana hope that in some small way their trip may make a difference. because there's a long history of doing this crossing with small craft. we think there's an opportunity to take that and pay homage to it and then look forward and then begin to celebrate what we hope is a safe and

we are the only country with the suspension of cuba. this is not the same situation today because you have obviously not only commitment of human rights and democracy but the democratic chapter, you have a minority of negotiations exposing themselves with the approval. so for us, to go back to this very important and look at ourselves in the mirror. the situation in mexico and the situation in any other country needs to be compared because we do not want that situation. the populous state government and the regime, lack of respect of institution to develop democracy, human rights. we need to protect that. >> you have worked in justice and democracy. i would say you are denouncing a very critical topic for the venezuelan government. could you help us with how dangerous is the situation today in venezuela? they make thank you or the opportunity to be here but the situation and to try to explain what has happened in venezuela. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: with my role, i come from the civil society, human rights defender and

the suspension of cuba in the 1960s. and this is not the same situation today because you have obviously that only commitments on human rights, commitments on democracy, democratic charter, you have a majority of -- last weekend was a proof of it. so for us it's quite important. to go back to this very important principle, look ourselves in the mirror. the situation in mexico, the situation in any other country come in hemisphere, needs to be compared with the situation in venezuela. we do not want to face a similar situation. [inaudible] auditory regime, lack of respective institutions. it has been so difficult to build democracy, human rights come institutions. we need to repair that. >> you have worked in justice and democracy and your work sometimes has been difficult. i would say dangerous at some point because you are denouncing a very critical topic for the venezuelan government. could you help us to just say how dangerous is a situation today in venezuela? >> thank you for the opportunity to be here and to talk a

. >> mejor les cuento que mÁs adelante francisco cÁceres se fue a cuba a la hermosa isla de cuba paraace comparaciÓn de ese momento en donde uno puede tener un buen jefe que le de la oportunidad gracias a esos momentos de felicidad. >> claro que sÍ. >> ademÁs cuando esta positivo las cosas marchan. >> dicen que tiene que ser socialmente generoso y hacer sentir bien a las personas a tu alrededor y hace que le caigas. demostrar que primero. en la parte personal. >> tambiÉn es algo muy importante es ser entusiasta y positivo porque obviamente, claro entusiasta. >> el humor se contagia asÍ como estamos aquÍ nosotros. >> positivamente felices. >> la cara que uno pone. >> ¿cuÁl es la cara que uno pone? >> es muy importante. >> las seÑales. no la cara asÍ de la pelÍcula... el rostro habla por ti tienes que poner una cara, si tienes cara de tele preocupado. >> tienes que sonreÍr y ser accesible. >> el telÉfono disponible. >> tampoco muy disponible. >> lo que pasa es que tu cara luce accesible. >> es que es muy guapo. >> ¿tengo cara de fÁcil? >> llegÓ el momento. >> llegÓ el momento del proxim

-cuba relations. he calls the trump administration's move a setback saying cuba doesn't need lessons from the u.s. on human rights. trump announced limits on traveling to cuba, denounced payments that would benefit the regime. he would showed progress in political prisoners. >>> you may be waking up in the richest county in the country. forbes looked and found loudoun county, virginia takes the top spot. median household income is $126,000 and median home value almost half a million. many work there at loudoun airport, home, schools and department of home security. other suburbs including falls church, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties, montgomery, calvert and howard counties in maryland. we have posted the entire list in our nbc washington app. >> we just got this this morning, working with you with the latest recall coming in. you want to listen if you you're firing up the dpril. marathon enterprise calling 7 million pounds of sabrchl ett hot dog products. these are sold in maryland. th

still to come: paddling from cuba to the united states in fold—up canoes.he two old enemies. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down in his home in the exclusive beach district of miami. emergency services in central europe have stepped up efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans but tonight it is completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder of all americans about the problems the energy crisis has brought them. 200 years ago today a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysees for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge show of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is bbc news. the latest head

policy for cuba and engagement with the cuban regime. one of the thing that is the obama administration was very proud of was this so-called anti-drug cooperation with the castro government. and we were told by the administration and it's a private briefing that that will sort of continue. what -- how would you assess value of that kind of corporation to ensure that it is used for our essential national security interests? >> i'm sorry -- >> with the cuban regime? >> first of all, it benefits the cuban government not to find itself in this situation and they have a history in the past about what they allowed to occur within the country. our goal is pretty straightforward. we want a nation that has the same rights as the people virtually everywhere in this hemisphere. over the last 20 years, every country in the western hem st r hemisphere has had within free election, except for cuba. that may not be true if places like venezuela, but they have had some experience of democracy over the last two decades except for cuba. we remain hopeful

states and cuba. human forward to advance cuba. in frida -- >> i take that as no. thank you very much. >> thank you all for being here. senator to follow-up on menendez's line of questioning. you're going to be asked for your opinion. you are being nominated to your position because of your policy expertise in these areas. this is simply not enough to suggest you're going to follow orders. it is important for this committee and the senate to know what advice you will be giving. let me ask you a question you have not answered yet. if you're asked for your opinion as to whether states should retain function over visa responsibilities or it should be the department of homeland security, what would your advice be? >> this has been a subject of debate for some time. my understanding is currently the debate is framed around efficiency. when i have seen this opposable of usually in the context of efficiency initiatives and brainstorming sessions. i cannot speak to whether or not it would bring efficiency to

. >> that is something we continue to rack in the government of cuba and something that is addressed. >> but how did they deserve a waiver? >> the waiver looks at the written plan. >> do we have access to that written plan? >> that is submitted by governments to the state department and we believe it would be chilling to share that plan with a foreign government. >> killing and sharing the plan that is the basis of a statutorily mandated report and for which we did not make a judgment without knowing whether that plan is significant enough to give a country like google or for that fact any other country a waiver, that's ridiculous. that is the on the whole notion that in order not to freeze a deliberative process internally within the state department as it relates to these writings, that in fact we shouldn't have access to a report that a government get a waiver on? this is why the forms of the existing legislation are so important. one last question, ambassador sullivan, secretary sullivan, reuters report on june 23 states that secretary tillerson over ruled the staff amendments on

she executed a cop at point blank range. >> then escaped prison, report to cuba.n theme of these people, they led the resistance at one point. now you see, americans use that same hash tag. and these people, did the same thing, now they committed actions of terror, some of them wanted to. some people murdered people, the question is, is this where the left wants to go? is that their next step. liz: the women's march is known for celebrating violent activists. linda is a supporter of what sharia law that suppressed women, and oday planted two bombs, angela davis. who took part in a courtroom shootout that killed a judge. and donna hilton. you know who is not celebrated in the list of women to look up to? people like hillary clinton. what is going on. >> they don't really like her, they use her for breaking glass ceiling, when she did not accomplish that, she is not resul relevant. looking at voter tabs, data, women did not show up to vote for hillary clinton, i don't think she is the person to be leading. these women put action. liz: are they good examples. >> they

skipped prison and fled to cuba after killing a cop execution style decades ago.nators are declining to condemn this. senators kamala harris and feinstein have all been enthusiastic supporters of the women's march. not saying anything about the felon speakers and leaders of the march. joining me now, washington times columnist madison an and democrat strategist. first to you, madison. it's not just joann, look at the other violent activists the women's march associates with. look at linda. she supports sharia law, which oppresses women. she's a supporter that tied bds movement, planted two bombs at a jerusalem supermarket killing two, and angela davis in a courtroom shoot-out, reporting in the death of a judge, and hilton, part of a gang that kidnapped a man and tortured him to death. shouldn't leaders from the democrat and the republican party be condemning what's going on here? >> right. so of course they don't have to condemn it, but i would definitely think it would be in their best interest to do so. when we look at the women's march, this is supposed to be p

in this equation on which cuba has been placed by the u.s. we were the only country in suspension of cuba in the 60s. and this is not the same situation today because you have obviously not only commitments on human rights may on democracy and on the democratic chapter. you have a majority population expressing themselves from that weekend. for us it is quite important to go back to this important and like in the mayor. in any other hemisphere it needs to be compared to the situation in venezuela because we do not want the similar situation. >> the lack of respect of institutions, so difficult we need to perfect them. >> you have worked in justice and democracy in your work sometimes has been difficult i would say. you have been announcing, could you help us understand how dangerous the situation is. >> thank you for the opportunity. about the situation in my country and the space to try to explain what is happening really in venezuela. >> this conversation as to do with my role. i human rights defender. our work in recent years has been to h