spanish ] >> translator: that satisfaction motivates us to continue our fight to get a truly democratic cuba. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: it's very good when we see people from other towns and cities come to us to support us. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: it makes us feel that our fight is finally reaching its objective that change is near and that very soon our cuba will be a democratic and free country. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: for us it's very important to have support, mostly in terms of disseminating information both domestically and internationally. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: several members of the cuban communist party have turned in their i.d. cards when they have seen house of representatives we have been oppressed just by expressing a different opinion. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: our objective is drawing near. we are no longer the people that remain silent and we have more people joining us and supporting us. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: i'm sorry i didn't have anything scripted. we're not ready. as a precaution we were not told ove

genuine civil society and condemn all levels of depression in cuba. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: i encourage you to seek other democratic governments and parliamentarians from around the world, multi-lateral institutions and multi-lateral enjeels to support the true cuba. [ speaking spanish ] . [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: in this sense please take into account the worst of eli wiesel when he said we must always take sides neutrality helps the oppressor. ak sich is the only remedy. >> translator: thank you very much. >> thank you. we appreciate your testimony. keep up your english. it was going pretty good there at the beginning. >> and now let me welcome the spokesperson for the national civic resistance front, a cuban pro-democracy leader. we will hear from her first and then we'll hear from a political activist inside of cuba who has sernd a long time in castro's jails. so with sadda we will need to do the the sang them. we'll have you sko i what do you s say. >> i believe we have -- >> this is senator menendez. we can see you and hear you. we've asked you to start first. [ speaking span esh ] >> translator: g

society and condemn all levels of repression that take place in cuba. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: i encourage you to seek other democraticovernments and parliamentarians from around the world institutions, to support the troops cuba. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: in this sense please take into account the nobel peace prize winner and holocaust survivor when you take sides centrality helps the oppressor. never the victim. action is the only read the date -- remedied two inaction. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: thank you very much. >> keep up with english. it was going good in the beginning. winnow have the spokesperson for the national civic resistance we will hear from her first plan from the next guest has been a political activist inside cuba and has served in side cuba is jails. we have to do the same thing. we need to translate so please stop in certain blocks. >> this is senator mendez. we can see you and hear you. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: could afternoon i want to bring to your attention i think we need to take this opportunity before the communication and gets cut-off. >>

in closing let me emphasize will be the first to cheer the democratically chosen government in cuba receivesl participation in the inter-american system. the hemisphere has been a trailblazer in training principles and its national regional institution to share benefit of the peoples of america appear principles remain relevant in the hemisphere first challenge is three -underscore most recently in a assembly in bolivia. i look forward to working with years to promote greater freedom and prosperity and keep them throughout the hemisphere. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you command secretary. let me start off in trying to understand, which i find very difficult to understand some of the administration's views, as it relates to strengthening civil society and thank you for coming strengthening the information flows senator rubio talked about in the policies via tot. i am outraged at the department's decision to authorize the says for a stream of cuban regime officials to visit the united states, starting with posts have been a good outcome of cuban director for north affairs in ap

spectrum in cuba because the regime is threatened by you, the truth is no one knows what comes after raul castro but our hope will come after is some group of people who are open to democrat opening in cuba wa because thats what i care about, a free cuban people can decide any economic model they want. >> rose: go ahead. it is said in iron, iran example, there is a very strong reform element, we saw that in various countries in the middle east there was a strong reform element, and the arab spring gave it momentum and gave it hope, gave it inspiration, it gave it a willingness to take a chance. >> yes. >> rose: can that happen in cuba or can it never happen as long as the castro brothers are in control? >> i think it is very difficult for it to happen as long as the castro brothers are in control unless and this what i said already, the internet, access to the internet would change cuba and bring a lot of the same ingredients into play that happened in iran and the arab spring, it doesn't happen without technology and without twitter, facebook, youtube, it just doesn't happen, and in cuba, again, people don't understand this, i think the latest figures are 80, 85 percent

cuba? >> i want to see the socialist system strengthened with mechanisms that are always more participatory and democratic that the sovereignty of cuba always be respected. >> mariela castro. the most prominent champion of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights in cuba. she called on the u.s. to release the five cubans imprisoned here in the u.s., accused of spying. in exchange, she says tuition released alan gross. a u.s. citizen jailed in cuba. for more on the cuban five, we turn to the award winning filmmaker and author saul landau. i interviewed him last week when he came to new york. i started by asking him why he made the film. >> i was in to buy in 1960 as a student because i was curious to see how a guy was so disobedient, fidel castro, and his other revolutionaries would last. i did not think they could. i went down there to check it out. i met people my age running government ministries, sleeping three hours a night, using more of their brain and i was using. i was impressed by people making history. like many other people who went down there at the time, this place seemed different. they were goi

cuba. she said she favored a comprehensive release of him and the cuban five, those who are arrested here, and she talked about a progressive but blow movement towards democratic and civil rights inside cuba itself. >> christiane, is this an official visit? does she speak officially on behalf of her father? >> no, she takes great pains to say she doesn't, but, of course, she does talk with obviously with the her hear to the presidency. when questions about democracy and dissent, the embargo and all those kinds of questions are put to her, she does speak at least with somebody who has authority, but it was not an official visit. she was granted a visa by the state department to take part in this conference, and, in fact, it's not her first visit. the bush administration gave her a visa back in 2002 as well. >> so i can't leave you without talking about the situation in syria, especially after the massacre in houla. when will western leaders move onto a plan "b," move in and try to help? >> well, you know, i think the most worrying thing is there is no plan "b." it's been said to me by the secretary-general of the united nations. what we know is kofi annan, upon

in closing let me emphasize that we will be the first to hear what a democratically chosen government in cuba reasons its full participation in the system. the hemisphere has been a trailblazer in trying the space principles and its national institutions to the shared benefit of the peoples of the americas. these principles remain critically relevant in the hemisphere to its challenges and its future as we underscore most recently in the oas general assembly in bolivia. i look forward to working with you to promote greater freedom and prosperity in cuba and throughout the hemisphere. thank you very much mr. chen. >> thank you madame secretary. let me start off in trying to understand, which i find it very difficult to understand, some of the administration views as it relates to strengthening civil society inside of cuba, strengthening the information flow senator rubio talked about, and the policies that we adopt that i am outraged with the department's decision to authorize the visa for a stream of cubin regime officials to visit the united states starting with to the stricter for american

for the purposes of helping inside of cuba that i understand -- [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: i am referring to those funds, the funds for the cuban democratic board. >> well -- [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: and other organizations for -- [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: this is an organization made up of ex-veterans and political prisoners as they call them who have done some serious work with their peers and their families for years. >> well, with my thanks for coming under very difficult circumstances and for once again exhibiting your courage and risking, i understand, the potential consequences from being willing to speak your truth, your reality, your challenges in a simple public forum here in the united states via our satellite hookup with enormous respect for your commitment to peacefully creating civil society and space inside of cuba. you have the thanks of myself as the chairman, senator rubio, and the members of this committee. [ speaking spanish ] . >> with that and with our thanks to the u.s. section for facilitating our witnesses' visit and for facilitating the ability to communicate here with our thanks to all, i th

cuba without legislative action. and there's a whole host of those actions at different times by different presidents, democrat and republicanntry. so it is the congress that's failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform. i don't think students or valedictorians should have to suffer while the congress, you know, fails to act. >> and senator, what do you think the impact of this announcement will be or hope the impact of this announcement will be on the election? you know, many will say that still the economy is what people care about most when they are voting, but obviously, the latino vote is a very important constituency for both parties. >> well, i think that certainly for urban communities, latino community being a big part of that, the reality is they have overwhelmingly said they support the president. but i think this is an affirmation of the difference between respective views. governor romney has consistently said he would not do the dream act. he talks about self-deportation. and then the rhetoric of the republican party, as it relates to the immigrant community in this country, is alarming to many of those. s

cuba. i was always interested in ideas and history and politics and literature. >> did you start off being of a party? >> i -- well, i was -- when i was in high school, i was a democrat. i worked -- the only campaign i have ever worked in in my life was charles ravanel's campaign against strom thurmond in 1978, my senior year in high school. when i was in college, by that time my views had actually evolved quite a bit. i was not as liberal as i had been earlier. particularly on economic issues. i always had a libertarian streak. when i was in college, i was more or less a republican. although, i was never active in a republican -- >> where? >> princeton. new i'm an independent. -- now i'm an independent. i have been across the political spectrum. but there has been -- there has been a consistency in my thinking in the sense i was always very concerned with issues of individual liberty. and it was a matter of understanding how those play out in the world. >> you are an independent. what does that mean? >> that -- vis-a-vis party. i'm not registered with a party. >> if you had to put a label on you today, what would it be? would it fit any -- you said free market -- >>

democratic thing. we should get rid of it because he's still in power and assure more freedom. >> and we're out of time. we can talk about cuba tomorrow if we like. we will also talk with penn juliette tomorrow. >>> stories watching right now in the newsroom. outdated equipment. a tragic sign we don't have what it takes to fight wildfires effectively. two pilots die after an aging air tanker crashes. >>> market crash. a lousy jobs report. spurting jobs economy. investors acting with increasing alarm. >>> facebook junior. they want your kids how the social media giants is working on new technology so a younger generation can sign up. plus. ♪ ♪ they call him flipper >> remember the crime fighting dolphin? dolphin talk this morning. scientists say we may soon be able to talk to flipper! really? >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. >>> millions of americans reveled in one of the warmest records on season and now a mean season. wildfires are burning in seven western states and the summer temperatures will only push the danger higher. the worst single fire is in southwestern new mexico. 225,000 acres burned, about 280 squar

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