so we will respect cuban sovereignty, but we will never turn our backs on the cuban people. that will not happen. [applause] over the years, a special sympathy has grown between this land of the free and the beautiful people of that island so close to our shores and so deeply woven into the history of our region. america has rejected the cuban people's oppressers. they are rejected. officially today they are rejected. [applause] and to those people, america has become a source of strength and our flag a symbol of hope the i know that is exactly what america is to you and what it represents to you. it represents the same to me, it represents the same to all of us. and that is what it was to a little boy, luis aza. you ever hear of luis? became very famous. great talent. just 8 years old when fidel castro seized power. at the time, luis' father was the police chief in santyalingo -- santiago, cuba. you know santiago? they know santiago. just days after fidel took control, his father was one of 71 cubans executed by firing quad near san juan hill at the hands of the castro regi

as weight cubans are. .hat we saw -- white cubans are it is reflected in the cuban-american community. host: we have a tweet asking the question -- didn't row castro stepped down? castro step down? who is front runner for president? he has not stepped down. guest: he announced an favorite 2018 he will step down as leader of the communist party. he will step down as president of the country but remain head of the communist party. he has been, the word is that he is sort of appointed or is preparing the vice president, who is about 56, 57 years old, younger generation, a technocrat who was going to at least theoretically take over in february 2018 as president of the council of ministers and the council of states. ul will remain very much the power behind the throne until he passes behind the scene. it will be interesting after that. host: president obama also repealed the wet foot, dry foot policy. do you think president trump will continue -- consider reinstating it? guest: it does not seem that he will consider changing what president obama did. this started under president clinton i

-cuban policy with frank mora. joe discusses his article in popular mechanics on disposable drone technology. ♪ 17,: it is saturday, june 2017. president trump reversing himself on a major campaign promise on immigration while keeping another. they say it will preserve at least for now an obama administration program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals. an indication the president will not deport the so-called dreamers who were brought to the u.s. not legally as children while homeland security secretary john kelly stopped another plant that may have protected some of their parents from deportation. oppose theort or

they only enrich the cuban regime.applause] the profits from investment and tourism float directly to the military. the regime takes the money. the outcome of the last administration's executive action has been only more aggression and i moved to crush the peaceful democratic movement. therefore, effective immediately, i am canceling the last administrations completely one sided deal with cuba. i am announcing today a new policy, just as i promised during the campaign. i will be signing that contract right at that table in just a moment. our policy will seek a much better deal for the cuban people and for the united states of america. we do not want u.s. dollars to prop up the military monopoly that exploits and uses the citizens of cuba. our new policy begins with strictly enforcing u.s. law. we will not lift sanctions on the cuban regime until all political prisoners are free. freedom of assembly and expression are respected. all political parties are legalized, and free and internationally supervised elections are s

about cuban citizens. that is possible, a very positive in this small community of little havana, where you've got multiple generations of cuban americans, some who came through the exile period. and so there is a strong support here, and that is why this location was chosen and why the president will be surrounded -- behind me right now is one of cuban ancestry and represents congress and also senator marco rubio who worked very heavily on a quiet way of influencing the trump administration. of course, they were rivals during the campaign. this is one area where marco rubio and president trump have come together. so there'll be significant changes, but not a complete overhaul of the obama policy to establish cuba. and some are saying it will actually hurt entrepreneurship in cuba. in some ways it's controversial, but for president trump he will call this the keeping of a promise made during the campaign trail. and of course we remember it was two years ago today that president trump announced his candidac

military is involved in well over half of the cuban economy.ou have them involved in everything from luggage transport at the airport to provision of goods and services act as port terminals for cruise ships. they have an extensive reach and if you are not allowed to do any business with a military companies, you cannot do business in cuba. >> the trump administration is pointed to cuba's lack of progress. >> if we sustain the sunny side of this relationship, cuba must begin to address his human rights challenges. >> fewer american tourists mean fewer dollars and the pockets of cubans who rely on the industry. americans -- our economy is 85% of americans per it could create chaos because we live off of it. last year, more than 600,000 cubans traveled to cuba by cruise ship or plane, a 74 percent increase from last year. visitors generated as much as $40 million for private cuba business owners. >> for more on this story, let's open it up to our correspondent. doug, why is donald trump doing this and how far will he take it? >> is it a total rev

so we will respect cuban sovereignty but we will never turn our backs on the cuban people, that will not happen over the years, a special sympt sympathy has grown between the land of the free and the people in that island so close to the shores, so deeply woe venue into the history of our region. america has rejected the cuban people's oppressors, they are rejected officially today, they are rejected and to those people, america has become a source of strength and our flag, a symbol of hope i know that is exactly what america is to you and what it represents to you. it represents the same to me, it represents the same to all of us and that is what it was to a little boy, luis, you ever heard of luis? he became very famous, great talent, just 8 years old when fidel castro seizing power at the time, luis's father was the police chief in san te yay owe cuba -- was one of the cubans executed by firing squad near san juan hills at the hands of castro regime. luis buried his grief in his great love of music. he began playing the violin so brilliantly and so beautifully soon the regime saw

-cuban relations go from there?eason to think -- we've seen the cut off because we've had it for 60 years and it really didn't accomplish much. any reason to think that trump's rollback of the obama engagement, which may have not worked, that this new policy is going to work? >> no. i think very little is going to happen so as long raul castro is still around. i think that will be the test. when he's gone, what the cuban people decide on going forward. there is an argument for going this route. putting economic freedom ahead of political freedom. we've seen it in other parts of the world, southeast asia -- south asia -- east asia i should say -- >> welcome to china. >> in china, we still have human rights problems. i'm talking about places like south korea and japan where we sent economic freedom will lead to political freedom. it's worked. it hasn't worked in cuba partly because we are on our own with his embargo. cuba is still trading with the rest of the world. they are just not trading with the u.s. that's part

there is not going to be a flow of money into the cuban military. military -- hotels and those are the sorts of things that americans in cuba the last year, staying in hotels -- hard how they'll stop it going to the cuban military . but it is a partial attempt to take a tougher line than obama. well, not perhaps as far-reaching as some people thought these changes might be. nevertheless, right foods are saying that isolating cuba is going to make the situation worse for the country. ?hat is your take on that >> that was the argument made by obama and his advisers, that america has been isolating in its policy towards cuba for many years. the rest of the world, notably the european union, has been advocating rapprochement, encouraging them to introduce economic reforms, improve the human rights record. using years and years of trying to isolate cuba by the embargo had a no real effect. and the argument now is being used by obama's -- the architects of obama's policy to go back to isolate cuba will be ineffective and arguably make things worse because

the cuban government be good for the cuban people it's actually very bad for the cuban people so trump not only lied to us about what he was doing but he shot himself in the foot i mean it's not even accomplishing the goals that he's stated well the joke in cuba right now is the term has really acute secret cuban agent because what he did is favoring the cuban government why would you cut off the ability for individuals to go to cuba and share their experiences and world view with cuban people and force you to go through a group that has to be basically sanctioned by the cuban government that's amazing sixty four percent of republicans sixty five percent of democrats fully support president obama's reparation mall with cuba so who is trump doing this for its. malk you know it's marco rubio it's mario dia's billard it's the outgoing ross let and then and there are a of right wing old ideologues who i guess have some money and they do help to get out the vote but it doesn't even represent as you say the majority of cuban american opinion the other thing we should mention is that it hurts

americans need to really see how obama's pro-cuban regime hurt the cuban people. you can watch cuban documentries and once again she thanks the president. taking your calls and hoping to hear from you if you are cuban american. right now, though, on the line, darrell calling from washington, d.c., republican. hi, darrell. you got the floor. caller: hi. i have to say the last person who was on the phone, i agree with him. what this -- what trump is doing is myopic. he's just tearing up old things just because he can. i don't buy this. he's grifter at heart, i feel. this whole thing is a show that does nothing more than hurt us. and that's all i got to say. thank you very much. host: darrell calling from washington, d.c. here's a call from lisa, queens village, new york, democrats. caller: good afternoon. i totally agree with the last caller. i really feel like mr. trump is really playing a jedi mind trick on americans. a ponzi scheme hand game. i don't know why people aren't ollowing everything. he's all president trump, it kills me to say this, all president trump

so we will respect cuban sovereignty, but we will never turn our bakes on the cuban people.ot happen over the years, a special sympathy has grown between this land of the free and the beautiful people of that island so close to our shores and so deep he woven into the history of our region. america has rejected the cuban people's oppresses. they have rejected, officially today, they are rejected. and to those people, america has become a source of strength and our flag, a symbol of hope. i know that is exactly what america is to you and what it represents to you. it represents the same to me. it represents the same to all of us. and that is what it was to a little boy, louise aza. great talent. just 8 years old when fidel castro seized power. his father was the police chief in santiago, cuba. just days after fidel took control, his father was one of 71 cubans executed by firing squad near san juan hill at the hands of the castro regime. louise buried his grief in his great love of music. he began playing the violin so brilliantly and so beautifully. soon, the regime saw his

i always look to cuban people.ds cuba, if it works -- i remember when obama was loosening up the cuban relationship. at first, i said if it's good for the cuban people, but them with talking with people like yourself, i starting to see it in a different light. >> melissa: remember on election night when president trump is doing so much better in florida than people thought of in the next day, one of the miscalculations that people had made was that hispanics in south florida didn't like what had happened with president obama and the cuban policy. this is him making good once again on something that he ran. >> kennedy: he could hear them chanting. the thing about this and you're talking about renegotiating the deal, after two years in this policy, the president's angry going to yank it all back, this is when you might see more concessions from cuba because they may realize how these interests are in the country. >> mercedes: we've seen more political dissidents being beaten. i think the bigger picture here is when y

[applause] [no audio] >> for the cuban liberty. mr. president, we have the cuban people. people inside my eyes, my homeland thank you. thank you. we appreciate your love. david: thank you. president trump: thank you. wow. that is pretty good. she did not know she was going to do that. i can tell you. thank you very much. imprisoned for 17 years. where is he? imprisoned for over 20 years. [applause] thank you. thank you. very brave people. the exiles and dissidents here today have witnessed communism destroy a nation, just as communism has destroyed every single nation where it has ever been tried. [applause] but we will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer. , youave seen the truth have spoken the truth, and the , thishas now called us group, called us to action. thank you. last year i promise to be a voice against repression. in our region, remember, tremendous repression, and a voice for the freedom of the cuban people. you heard that pledge, you exercised the right you have to vote. you went out and you voted, and here i am, like i promised. [app

the role of the cuban military in the cuban economy is substantial, it is increasing.a big spider gobbling up little spiders and uses energy to create a big are web, it is metastasizing. it will be difficult for u.s. companies to operate in cuba without touching the cuban military but it is possible. many of the efforts are in the next 30, 60, 90 days as regulations are promulgated. and they go to the commerce department, treasury department, state department, white house to make their case. hopefully the trump administration will listen to some of the nuances and make certain that what entry u.s. companies do have is able to be sustained. but there is no question that everyone is prepared for less today than there was yesterday. neil: all right, this would be done how then? in other words, i don't even remember, with barack obama, there was no congressional sort of input on this, right? i mean there presumably wouldn't be as well? >> that's correct. when president obama made changes to the treasury department regulations, commerce department regulations he did so unil

they only enrich the cuban regime. >> he was fulfilling a campaign pledge to cuban americans who believed barack obama's datante gave too much to an oppressive cuban government. president trump: i am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. >> president obama ended decades of cold war hostility with cuba and opened up economic channels choosing engagement with the communist regime. the main result was an american tourist boom. trump will slow that down by enforcing travel restrictions , but not end it. he won't stop cruise ships and airlines. he is also banning business with the commercial arm of the military, which controls much of the economy so that will affect u.s. investment. but he stopped short of breaking diplomatic relations. president trump: going to be a great day for cuba. thank you very much. >> it is a partial rollback aimed at forcing havana to grant more political freedom but the regime has a tendency to dig in under pressure and this may signal a return to an adversarial relationship that only delays reforms. bbc news, washington. jane: for

and for the cuban people, u.s.g to be restricted on the cruise ships. there is a method to this strategy and it is a very precise in trying to gain and keep the good parts and gained most of the momentum from what the obama administration placed into place. the rollback of things that this administration believes will benefit the wrong people and as we watch now, we have them departing from marine one and the marine salute there we see the commander in chief. the president heading down to miami where there is a gathering underway where vice president mike pence has been down there this week, a gathering of latin america countries and others who have been discussing trade and other important topics relating to the u.s. and now. we see the president heading to u.s. one and miami. >> kelly: we talked about cuba and we have not physically seen it there voice had a curiosity of it and since this week i spoke to business leaders who have gone down there to try and figure out how they could create business ties with the c

and this specific auditorium is dedicated to cuban compileexile. this is a place where the kind of policy changes that the president executed is very popular. there are critics who say rolling back the obama changes is not good for the people of cuba. but president trump talked about different ways that he believes trying to focus on the cuban people and directing opportunity to them and access to them, but not putting american dollars in places where the cuban military and government can have access. their argument is that since the obama changes were put in place, that the united states made concessions they don't believe that the castro regime did. so the president repeatedly got standing ovations and loud applause here, as he talked about some of the cuban american history and why he felt it was important to make these changes. framed it as a promise kept. and also sort of surrounded him in the support of florida politicians who have been a big part of his success back in the election, which he didn't mention as much as he sometimes does. today

good services yeah like i was about to say which having cuba just two currencies based we have the cuban peso which doesn't vary is this do very much i mean you can go into the government run stores but the government stores as the shelves are usually and or half empty what have you. then you have something called the convertible paste or the coke who you know locally has a terminology is used. that is artificially paid to u.s. dollar for not. with the coos you can buy whatever you need all your basic necessities that sort of thing so that's where it acumen economies and dollar rise basically. everything there that matters is priced in coops you know basically what is the government kind of slowly adopting a less socialist model in a more couples model what is our green basically is using the inflow of capital as dollars to maintain elements of a social system which is basically education and health care because like a mixed economy like france for many heirs it's yanks to dallas the government is very involved definitely used to be this way it's definitely have governments i have so the

that playing politically across special well i mean the whole thing is if you look at the typical cuban family these days you're going to have at least one member the family that's involved the dollar economy if not more than one individual so that individual is helping to their family subsist on their cuba's current economic system. if you go to cuba first of all you're going to notice their turn you're saying selling our sugar economy stores to con and yet this tourist businesses not terribly robust sowed the whole time what you do know the g.d.p. of cuba is roughly in front of me but you know right now the tourism is a big factor these days and the country's g.d.p. right yeah and that supports this. rationing really. good services yeah like i was about to say what you have in cuba just two currencies based we have the cuban peso which doesn't vary is this do very much i mean you can go into the government run stores but the government stores as the shelves are usually and or half empty what have you. then you have something called the convertible paste or the coke who you know locall

of course, i can't invest in a cuban business -- yet. that's illegal because of the u.s. embargo imposed after fidel castro's communist revolution. since 1962, cuba has been cut off from the goods and services an economy needs to survive. despite free healthcare, housing, and higher education, many are struggling. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> how you doing? todo bien. >> mucho gui'm jorge. >> marcus. but walking around the old city, i saw a place full of life, energized by the changes. [ men singing, latin music plays ] desperate to boost the failing economy... this is a cool bag. ...the government has loosened their reins on private enterprise. so everything's made in cuba? >> yes. >> instead of working for the state, thousands of cubans are now working for themselves. very beautiful. [ up-tempo latin music plays ] i found them everywhere, even here -- a sleepy street in a residential neighborhood in this tiny rented garage. welcome to burner brothers bakery, run by a brother and a sister, tony and sandra camacho rodriguez. good morning.

therefore, you have aided the cuban government more than the cuban people. under no system will you be able to cut money off completely from the cuban government or the private sector. there's leakage everywhere. that's how economies work. but why in the world would we have a policies where we directly benefit the cuban government by pushing american travelers to the hotels that they own rather than to private homes owned by private cuban citizens? so it seems to me that these policies, if they are going to come forward as it seems that they might be, just go against the policy and the goals that we have. another thing we need to consider is that in the old times when we had more restrictive policies of travel on americans, those had to be enforced somehow. and that falls upon the office of foreign assets control and treasury. know ofac -- you may have heard it recently. it's the office that we charge to look at, enforce our sanctions on iran. we're putting new sanctions on iran. they'll be charged with enforcing those as well. sanctions on russia, and new s

that's worth a cuban economy one dollar rise basically everything there that matters is price includes you know basically but is the government kind of slowly adopting a less social model in introducing a more couples model what is arguing basically is using the inflow of capital as dollars to maintain elements of a socialist system which is basically education and health care because it's like a mixed economy like france for many heirs it's yanks you know it's the government is very involved definitely or the u.k. used to be this way it's definitely have a government so they're kind of you think in this is a fair statement yet that this current government in cuba is looking down the road and they see themselves as more of a mixed economy going forward ok so that seems like a bit is evolving right they've got dollars they're changing now so what's happening in america was america being such a. well is that america's being is just a question in washington in terms of how it's going to handle cuba obviously if hillary was there to handle this like a start up country that's wants to add s

the cuban military and the cuban regime -- it is a regime -- is taking advantage of the cuban people by doing business with america. what we're saying is, if cuba wants to do business with america and empower the regime and cut the military out of that loop. >> the concern is from some, critics right now, this isn't quite going far enough. that yes, we hear you, the money needs to go to the cuban people and not the cuban government or the military. but are you running the risk that you are not allowing certain industries to be there, that this in fact could be somewhat protectionist? if you already have a deal with cuba, you're set. it's the new deals that are harder. >> again, the focus here is on doing business, we're not favoring any, you know, particular business. we're favoring the cuban people. so if a business wants to go to cuba, work with the cuban people. and you know, as to the critics, i'll tell you, i was at the announcements today. it was in little havana and it was electrifying. people were excited. the president came to miami. he said i am here to make good on my prom

what about the reaction from ordinary cubans?ne they are starting to feel the affects of this opening up in relations? they are in the sense that if you work in any area that's sort of directed towards tourism or catering for visitors from abroad, then the idea of that being curtailed somewhat by white house policy is obviously cause of some concerns and i think that more than anything most cubans just dared to begin to hope that the days of firey rhetoric from the white house against the government in cuba might be behind them. it has been a long time, almost 60 years, they've been on a hostile footing with the united states. and a lot of people are very tired and to find that in fact those days are not completely behing them but they might be looking down the barrel of another four more is obviously the cause of some dismay for lots of people. one of the things that seems to have irritated president trump is businesses in cuba that are linked to the military. how does that work? there are two key parts to the cuban military in

government and towards the cuban people president trump has been critical of warming u.s.uba relations. on the campaign trail he said obama's lifting of restrictions on cuba is a bad deal. cruise lines and hotel operators were banking on this warming of relations to open up a new market >> it's not clear beyond some political constituencies who this move is serving >> and what exactly -- how big of a move it will be >>> in other washington news, vice president mike pence hired an outside lawyer to represent him into alleged ties betwe s b the russians and the trump campaign >>> we are following a developing story on congressman steve scalise. he remains in critical condition after being shot on wednesday. though he has improved scalise, the house majority whip underwent a second surgery yesterday related to his internal injuries and a broken leg. his doctor says he will require additional operations and will be in the hospital for some time last night scalise's republican and democratic colleagues did play their annual congressional baseball game. players on both teams wor

the trump policy is designed to target the cuban government for human rights abuses, not the cuban people getting caught in the crossfire. the trump administration says too much money generated by the cuba opening has gone directly to the pockets of the cuban government. a lot of that money has also gone to the cuban people. air bnb says over $40 million of cubans that rent their homes, money that helps fix streets like this one in old havana. private entrepreneurs like this company that rents classic cars and tours were banking on more americans coming to the island. already in this garage we have 14 employees, she says. before we ran it all out of my house. we grew a lot and all thanks to increasing tourism. much of the emerging sector is banking on the hope for better relations with their neighbor, the united states. a future that's increasingly in doubt. >> thank you. the kuhn acuban government rema open to respectful dialogue. >> we spoke with richard quest about impact on new restrictions on tourism and business once they take effect. >> the question that u.s. companies will have to

he co nsta ntly against the cuban government.w communism is failing its people and the dissidents were being jailed. he was the sifter is against the leadership. i think they really felt they needed to respond to that in kind. any attempt to change the political system in cuba would be destined to fail. what about the reactions from ordinary cubans? i imagine they are starting to all these decks of this? and they are in a sense, if you work in any area directly directed towards tourism or kettering to visitors from abroad, the idea of it being curtailed by white house policy is cause for some concerns and more than anything most cu ba ns we re concerns and more than anything most cubans were daring to believe to hope that the days of fire ring rhetoric against the government in cuba might be behind them. firing. a lot of people are very tired and to find that in fact those days are not a high—end but they may be looking down the barrel of another four is the cause of some dismay. one of the things that seems to have irritated pre

the cuban people.m flow directly to the military. the regime takes the money and owns the industry. the outcome of last administration's executive action has been owned the more profession and a move —— more repression and a move to crush the peaceful democratic movement. so effective immediately, i am cancelling the last administration's com pletely cancelling the last administration's completely one—sided deal with cuba. president from speaking to some of the cuban—american community in miami. we spoke to will grant in havana. that is what stood out to me, we knew he would break with the 0bama policy, reimposing restrictions that have been eased by his predecessor. but it was just the degree to which he ramped up the rhetoric that stood out to us in cuba. this was speaking about the government as a dictatorship, attacking the military as milking the tourism dollars that were coming into cuba, it was heavy on human rights, he challenged keeper to lay out as he put it, a better deal. despite all the no

we expect a comment from the cuban government within the next few hours but cuban officials who havet this actually does say the speech is much more tough than what the policy will actually do. >> philip oppmann, thank you. to patrick's point here on tough speech, maybe not so touch in terms of rollbacks. how do you interpret this? >> it was a very interesting speech. president trump was clearly enjoying himself. it was an occasion where he could act through executive action and not have to involve the congress. he was able to relive his campaign victory and he was before the only group of latinos really that he gets support from. he clearly enjoyed it. patrick is right on the money, though. when president trump said that he's revoking president obama's policy -- >> canceling. yeah. >> he's really not. i mean, a large part of the commercial opening remains in place. the travel rules remain in place. the embassy remains open. president obama's migration policy remains in place. so he's making some changes. the changes are important. by saying no business with military affiliated compa

americans can go to cuban hotels as long as that hotel is not owned and operated by the cuban military or security services. we did a study, my university along with brookings institutions, that looked at cuban tourism. we found about 40% of the rooms in cuba are at hotels owned and operated by the cuban military, which means that in addition to the airbnb locations, about 50% to 60% of the hotels are still available. americans who do travel under the new restrictions cannot stay at those hotels, at state hotels. how do you implement and how can you follow or monitor or audit where americans stay? it will be an interesting enforcement exercise. at least, that is how i understand the policy change to be. host: frank mora directs the latin and caribbean center at florida university -- florida international university. thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate it. stay with us. we will have a conversation next about drone used by the military . what about disposable drones? what could this mean for the future of warfare? we will find out more next during our segment with joe pap

, not with the cuban government, not with the means of repression to the cuban people.o business with those that can be empowered by the opportunity to make a living by trading with the united states or hosting someone in their home as an airbnb type arrangements that can be made outside of the cuban government. look, first of all, president obama's policy on cuba was a one-sided affair. there was no give and take. the cuban government in the last year and a half or so, since the policy has been enacted, has only increased the level of repression on the cuban people. i don't think you can compare human rights abuses and say, well, they abuse more here and maybe less there. i think all human rights abuses were -- >> i don't disagree on that point. >> the united states has always -- >> i understand, sir. you saw that president trump was doing a sword dance with the saudis. i'm not saying iranian human rights versus chinese rights versus cuban rights -- i'm not comparing human rights. we celebrate with some people who are human rights abusers and get crazy about cuba. >> b

and this is what the puerto rican community... we inherited afro cuban music through our forefathers, et cetera, from the mambo era, et cetera, et cetera. and they... as we say in spanish, tambor llama, "the drum calls." imagine listening to that in the projects. grewp in the mrose projects, 681. in the canyons of the projects you're hearing that not only during the day, but at 3:00 in the morning in the basketball courts, et cetera. and instead of... what i tell people is the difference between our community and, say, somebody living in the suburbs, is in the suburbs, somebody would start calling 911, the cops, say, "hey, there's these people drumming," et cetera. but at 3:00 in the morning in our neighborhoods, people would be going, "yeah, keep it going." >> hinojosa: "don't stop." >> yeah, yeah. and so (speaking spanish) >> hinojosa: so for you... but this notion of kind of living with music all around you, you... i love the story of your dad, who was a machinist. >> right. >> hinojosa: again, puerto rican. and he would come home from work, and he would sit and listen to music in

not the cuban people. we stand with the cuban people. we don't want u.s. money to go to the cuban regime. military and intelligence. repress their own people. on friday we had the first white house meeting of the opioid commission. if you filled up every seat in yankee stadium, ainsley, that's how many people i do of drug overdoses a year 33,000 of them opioid abuse no. demographic has been spared and no state untouched by. this you are talking about economic numbers. confidence numbers. rolling back the regulatory framework. getting healthcare passed in the house. what the president is doing with the congress is working with leader mcconnell and others drafting the senate version of the healthcare bill. they are in very close touch. everybody knows what those principles are around we should remind people every day what obamacare has not done for many americans. in just the last week or 10 days, we have headlines out of five states, maine, michigan, north carolina, new hampshire, you see that and delaware, joe biden's delaware where one of the insurers has

government entirely demand on cuban government's willingness to improve the lives cuban people. benn rhodes, obama's policy advisor tweeted that trump cares nothing about human rights of cuban people. david: cares nothing about human rights. he is talking about human rights! steve and carol to talk about this, steve, an amazing thing somebody from the obama administration saying he doesn't care about human rights. he didn't listen to the whole speech. the whole speech was about human rights and about the despicable behavior of the regime in power for almost 60 years. let's play a sound bite what trump said. >> many of you witnessed terrible crimes committed in the service of a depraved ideology. david: depraved ideology, i couldn't think after better phrase to describe the castro regime. compare that to the way president obama dealt with them, he went down, holding hands with raul castro. fidel was dead or on his deathbed. they were shaking hands, buddy, buddy. different doctrine way of dealing with dictatorships. >> that's right, david. unfortunately president obama was an appe

government and all the sudden, you violated cuban law?ou have to keep records for five years imagine you go to cuba, take all the receipt, put them in the drawer so somebody can say, show me the records makes absolutely no sense. at least the good news is that the things that were rolled back were fairly modest the rhetoric is not helpful, and the whole thing is just a step in the wrong direction other than that, i don't have a strong opinion >> other than that, it's fine. >> eduardo, thank you very much for weighing in. >> my pleasure >>> the only son of cuban immigrants, al ander accosta >> that's in the next hour of the show >>> amazon's proposed purchase adds fuel to the fire that it's time to look at potential anti-trust issues when it comes to big tech and big deals. much more on this next uh huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone everything on it oh, they even paid it off! wow! yeah, it's nice that every bad decision doesn't have to be permanent! now you can ditch verizon but keep your phone. we'll even pay it off when you swit

we will not lift sanctions on the cuban regime until all political prisoners are freed.edoms of assembly and expression are respected, all political parties are legalized, and free and internationally supervised elections are scheduled. the return of the cop killer joanne chesimard. stop jailing innocent people. to the castro regime, i repeat, the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. you have no choice, it will end. >> dana: the new restrictions are the latest campaign promise kept. the he partially rolled back and obama era program protecting immigrants from deportation. mercedes -- thank you so much for a friday night appearance. i can start with you, i thought president trump spoke abouty human rights and the terrible situation communism caused in that country. in very passionate terms and i feel like this one set him on a course -- fulfilling a campaign promise even if it wasn't a parade of portables that his opponent started would be. >> not only was it keeping a campaign promise, it was also dismantling the obama legacy. it was president obama who sat alo