. >> in guantanamo bay, it is called "guantanamo diary" and after that panel and the final panel is on money and then we will talk to gilbert who wrote "billion ball" it is about college sports and the funds they receive. >> host: linda hirshman, what is the relationship between sandra day o'connor and ruth bader ginsburg? were they friends? >> guest: i would say they had an affectionate alliances. they were not bff's. ruth bader ginsburg was really with friends with scalia. and sandra day o'connor was really friends with lois powell and she and john and loi circumstanceslois went on vacation together. it was clear from their demeanor they had an affectionate alliance. >> host: what was their first meeting like? >> guest: i will say in 1981 when sandra day o'connor was approve pointed to the supreme court ruth bader ginsburg wasn't in washington. she heard about it on the radio and didn't know o'connor well. o'connor was a judge and ginsburg didn't know here but said she was glad to hear it. we know they met before 1983 because when o'connor got on the supreme court she inherited potte

as far as the recruiting tool, guantanamo bay as a recruiting tool, i think that's a weak argument. if those people come to the united states is that not a recruiting tool, too? to say they're in guantanamo is going to be a stronger recruiting tool is sophistry at its finest. because the jihadis will look at them being here in the belly of the great satan. i think that argument is very weak and we shouldn't talk about that i disagree with your comments about the ewing way six. i met with their foreign minister, they don't have a clue of what the negotiation was when it was negotiated under president mojica. they don't know what the deals were, what the conditions were. they don't have a clue of monitoring and i think it's a joke. but saying that, i think the overall success rate, if there were 780 total detainees, we're down to 94% have been processed. that leaves only 6% and of those 6%, there's -- that's taking out the 36% -- or the 36 that have been cleared, yet this administration hasn't found them a suitable place to go. i would encourage you to move a little bit quicker on that

hard look at one of the most troubling and divisive symbols of our counterterrorism effort at guantanamo baydetention facility. the subtitle of today's hearing is one of the foreign policy and national security costs of closing the guantanamo facility, but as policymakers, legislators and experts have been saying almost since the facility opened, the better question perhaps may be what are the costs of keeping it open. for starters, the prison's a drain on military resources, it costs nearly $5 million a year to keep a person detained at guantanamo, versus $78,000 a year to hold someone in our most secure federal prison. closing gitmo and transferring detainees to other secure prisons would free up $85 million a year. resources we could put to better use elsewhere combating terrorism. the argument against this goes -- we need to spend whatever it costs, these guys are too dangerous to bring here. let's look at that. today 91 detainees remain in gitmo. since the prison opened, 644 individuals have been transferred out. 144 under president obama, and 500 under president bush. as of today, more

as far as the recruiting tool, guantanamo bay as a recruiting tool, i think that's a weak argument. if those people come to the united states is that not a recruiting tool too? to say they're in guantanamo is going to be a stronger recruiting tool is so fistry at its finest. because the jihad dees will look at them being here in the belly of the great satan. i think that argument is very weak and we shouldn't talk about that i disagree with your comments about the ewing way six. i met with their foreign minister, they don't have a clue of what the negotiation was when it was negotiated under president mojica. they don't know what the deals were. what the conditions were. they don't have a clue of monitoring and i think it's a joke. but saying that, i think the overall success rate, if there were 780 total detainees, we're down to 94% have been processed. that leaves only 6% and of those 6%, there's -- that's taking out the 36% -- or the 36 that have been cleared, yet this administration hasn't found them a suitable place to go. i would encourage you to move a little bit quicker on th

first of all they go to guantanamo bay. [cheering] we don't want them there. they are going to guantanamo bay, and that is going to be it. do you see the money we spend there? hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and we have 90 prisoners or 60 prisoners left. believe me, we can do better than that. spend hundreds of millions of dollars maintaining a place for 90 people. we can do much better. our government is so fat and disgusting. waterboarding is fine. and also, if we can go much worse than that, that is ok with me too,r ight? [cheering] say, he may not obey the laws -- we are not allowed waterboard. waterboarding is considered -- look, torture is terrible right? but when somebody is doing what they are doing, these horrible acts, we have to fight like we have to fight. we have no choice. we have to expand our laws. we want to knock them so fast and so furious. the isis guy eat dinner like we do. different locations, different people, we all have dinner. can you imagine them having dinner, in each one chopped off 3 heads and drowned 70 people. and they a

hard look at one of the most troubling and divisive symbols of our counterterrorism efforts in guantÁnamo bayention facility. the subtitle of today's hearing is what is the foreign policy and national security cost of closing the guantÁnamo facility. as policymakers, legislators and experts have been saying all since the facility open, the better question perhaps maybe what of the cost of keeping it open. for starters representative green on military resources, it cost nearly $5 billion a year to keep a person contained in guantÁnamo versus $70,000 to keep someone help animals -- free up $85 million a year. resource we could put to better use elsewhere combating terrorism. the argument against this goes we need to spend whatever it cost to these guys are too dangerous to bring here. let's look at that. today 91 detainees remain in gitmo. pix of the prison open 6-under 44 individuals who have been transferred out, 144 under president obama, 500 under president bush. today more than one-third of the current detainees have been cleared for release. after a thorough review process under no circum

throughout this year we've been asking viewers, do you think closing guantÁnamo bay poses a national hreat to the united states but increases the existential threat to some american allies. it must remain open as an island prison for those hellbent on destroying western civilization. mike says no, closing guantÁnamo they will not pose a national security threat. in fact, quite the opposite. try them into court and. try them into court and send it to a prison or, if they're not on gilder, release them. we invite you to weigh in on our facebook and twitter pages. go to facebook.com/cspan. democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton is in california. she will be giving a speech on counterterrorism at stanford university. she's expected to address yesterday's attacks in brussels. also today, house speaker paul ryan addressing members of the press and capitol hill interns on the state of american politics. we will bring you his remarks tonight starting at eight eastern on c-span. on c-span2 its booktv in prime time looking at recent books on disease and medical care. that is all t

why wouldn't we just leave them at guantanamo bay? leave them in guantanamo bay.t location, if there ever was one. we have designed the best location on earth, 500 miles from us. it is an isolated location, surrounded by deserts, anntains, and in ocean -- ocean. we have the greatest military force in the history of mankind, the marines, making so that enemy combatants never leave that isolated location. our marines are doing a fantastic job. [applause] our marines have endured 250 actults, and not a single of italian nation -- retaliation. not a single act. that's why, when i visited in october, i was amazed at how well those enemy combatants are being treated. i was amazed at how well our marines are doing. and i'm amazed the president of the united states would even dare sink and break the law of our country and send those enemy combatants to any location in this country. that's why senators roberts, gardner, and myself will use every weapon in our arsenal. god bless you. god has blessed the united states of america. thank you. [applause]

the opportunity to appear before you this morning to discuss the important matter of closing guantanamo bay, cuba's detention facility. i'm honored to be joined by my colleague, paul lewis, special envoy for guantanamo detention closure at the department of defense. today i'll describe the rigorous processes that determine whether a detainee should be approved for transferred and the extensive interagency efforts that ensure compliance with applicable statutory requirements before each transfer takes place. at the outset, let me emphasize that president obama concluded that the continued operation of the guantanamo detention facility damages ourational security for many of the same reasons that led president george w. bush to the same conclusion. according to president bush by his second term, and i quote, the detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies, closed quote. it remains though when president obama took office and remains so today. -- so when president obama took office and it remains so today. the bipartisan view that guantanamo

. >>> the obama administration is inching close tore shutting down guantanamo bay. they plan to release dozen more detainees to two countries and put it down to 79 with still more to be transferred. jennifer griffith has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: heather, the next round will be this weekend with two detainees going to an undisclosed country in africa. this involves a dozen prisoners can't happen because the pentagon is required to notify congress. that period has not elapsed from the latest round of transfers and the first notification went in march and the second in the middle of the month. and so first transfers this weekend and more so including a 20 year ode yemeni who has been on a hunger strike. they don't acknowledge them until after they occur. there is 91 in the guantanamo base. the pentagon said the rest are too dangerous to release over seas and sought an alternate location. the pentagon point man for gitmo said rejoined the fight and worse. >> how many lives have been lost by those terrorist who went back to their terrorist activity? >> unfort

why wouldn't we just leave them at guantanamo bay? leave them in guantanamo bay. [cheers and applause] perfect location if there ever was one. we have designed the best location on earth 500 miles from havana. it is an isolated location surrounded by deserts, mountains, and an ocean. we have the world's greatest military force in the history of mankind, the marines making sure that those enemy combatants never leave, that isolated location. our marines are doing a fantastic job. we ought to give them a hand without any question. [applause] 250 rines have endured assaults and not a single act of retaliation. not a single act. that's why when i visited in october, i was amazed at how well those enemy combatants are being treated. i was amazed at how well our marines are doing. and i'm amazed that the president of the united states would even dare think and break the law of our country and send those enemy combatants to any location in this country. at's why senators roberts, gardner, and myself stand strong. and we will use every weapon in our arsenal. god bless you

are prohibited in moving the prisoners from guantanamo bay to american soil. mr.obama made a campaign pledge to close it and if gitm sorks closed, 1 of the facility where is some detainees could be transferred is in south carolina. both religious and democrats in the state legislature said they are against bringing maximum security prisoners there. kansas and colorado are two other states that could receive the prisoners. the governors promise to fight the president on his plan to close guantanamo bay. >>> hundreds of families in refusing to drink water out of their wells. customers told eyewitness news reporter kent lemon they are not convinced it's safe. >> reporter: almost every home they went to around the plant, we found piles of water stashed up outside and those we spoke to said they would not stop using this. >> i cannot trust what i am hearing. >> reporter: deborah baker said that officials are ignoring the impact of coal ash around the water. they said that they found unhealthy levels in their well water and now the state said it's safe to drink the

i recently was in iraqi kurdistan, guantanamo bay. i've done a lot of american prison stories as well, lebanon, turkish protests. >> so i wanna unpack some of that in a bit. but first, i wanna talk about your politics because you've described yourself as a leftist and you campaigned for president obama back in 2008. what do you think of him today especially given the criticism he's faced over his use of drones, over surveillance and his middle east policy? >> it's a very complicated question. his use of drones is murderous. he is someone who's imprisoned many, many, many whistleblowers. his syria policy was confused and tangled and i think the worst of all the worlds in a number of ways. on the other hand, he does face a lot of criticisms because he's black and you can't deny that. and it's also nice to have a president who is intelligent. and i know that that sounds like, such a low bar, but it is nice to have a president who can make the effort to pronounce the names of other countries correctly and read books. and i sometimes wonde

there's been no mention so far of whether or not guantanamo bay on the white house agenda will be part of this trip. your thoughts? >> reporter: not going to happen. they'll talk about it. but the white house has been fairly clear. they're going to keep trying to empty it out slowly but surely making sure there are more detainees that are moved out. the president would love to empty it completely before he leaves office. that's unlikely to happen. if you're wondering whether they're going to give guantanamo bay prison back to the cuban people, that is definitely not going to happen on this trip. >> it's been a big issue with the obama administration. you remember national security adviser susan rice saying we will try to close it, that detention camp, or die trying. i mean, those are strong words from the obama administration. we don't know that it won't come up, but as you're saying, it's not indicated that it will. kevin corke, stick with us for this hour. we may check back if there are any news points that pop up during this live presidential trip to cuba. thank you. and kevin just

leaves guantanamo bay -- only when the embargo ends and the u.s. leaves guantanamo bay. >> president obama says his visit is proof of of any respect between the two countries. experts say it is of course not without challenges. >>> the world news team is in cuba tonight. and anchor david mueller had a chance to speak to president president barack obama about the historic trip in cuba. look for that interview after eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> a woman -- a man charged with raping a woman 20 years ago is taking his case to the jury. prosecutors say couric evans picked up a woman along beatty and drove her to another location and raped her. he was arrested after a dna link him to the crime. his trial is expected to last most of the week. >>> all new at 6:00, a young couple looking for a home near newton ends of calling 911 when they say they were robbed. the suspect was someone right in the neighborhood. >> i was shocked. why would you do that right outside your house? >> our news reporter was there as deputies arrested the suspect and learned why his

we'd rather have been at guantÁnamo bay.k will happen if the republican is elected president? will guantÁnamo bay exists going forward? are we too far down the line? what will happen if a hypothetical republican becomes president? >> at the republican becomes president he will have a shift in priority. you and i won't talk as much about wonton am a bay and terrorists there. we will talk about the fact will finally have a strategy and the commitment to make sure we are actually destroying isis or that is what most americans want to see and what a republican nominee would get for us. connell: thank you, congressman for some state of virginia. another quick look at the market. 4.5 points of the doubt. 17,000 in the big picture and in the quarter. a good couple of months for stocks. more coming up. . . connell: count on "cavuto: coast to coast" with breaking news. when we get new tweets we show you new tweets. rand paul, major announcement of former presidential candidate, when will we make the announcement? tomorrow. reed along

do you think that's problematic to bring more isis fighters to guantanamo bay?o bay has becoming a symbol around the world of the problems in the eyes of isis and a lot of others. a recruiting tool for isis. you have this in essence, unfunded, unaccountable area where you have prisoners. what you're trying to see is a different approach and the president taking that off the table and that's no longer pointed to as a stain on american jurisprudence. hillary clinton has talked about the talk of smart power, the president has talked about the use of smart power. isis is not a nation state. you can't invade isis. you have to do it through intelligence operations. as long as it can continue to be contained outside of the united states, you're going to look for those solutions to dealing with isis going forward. >> as a republican strategist, i want to get your opinion about ted cruz's foreign policy team. there's been criticism about some of the individuals on the team, one of them described as america's most notorious islamophobe, and we heard that some say that kin

, individuals are not able to be transferred from guantanamo bay to a facility on u.s.o work with congress to implement any necessary changes that would have to be taken before this action could be taken. that's my understanding of the president's policy. i believe it certainly is his intention to follow through with that and certainly in this spirit that this committee has worked with me in terms of discussing issues and working it find solutions to issues, i believe that is his plan. >> and so, on the latter question, it sounds to me like you intend to continue advising the president on what the law is. and that the law doesn't allow limb to do that. >> yes, the law currently prohibits a transfer to u.s. soil and the president would need to work with congress. congress would have to consider any relevant changes that could be made to the law before any transfer could be undertaken. >> now i'd like to ask you how you or your department reconcile this president's efforts to close gitmo while at the same time the u.s. military has launched a complex initiative in iraq an

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they're going to guantanamo bay. and that's going to be it. but you see the money we spend in guantanamo? we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year and we have like 90 prisoners left or 60. believe me, we can do better than that, folks. there's, we spend hundreds of millions of dollars here maintaining a police for 90 people. look, we can do much better. our government is so fat and disgusting. torture. so, i said, we have to border fine and also, if we can go much worse than water boarding, that's okay with me, too. right? so, they said, oh, me may not obey the laws because we're not as of law now, not allowed to water board. torture is terrible. we agree. it's horrible. but when somebody is doing what thai doing, these horrible act, cutting and drowning, we have to fight like we have to fight. we have no choice. so, what happens is this. we have to expand our laws. we have to get much tougher. we want to knock them so fast and so furious, but think of this the isis guys, they eat dinner like we have dinner. different locations, d

. >> we don't do it at all because they're closing guantanamo bay. president they will be sent to guantanamo bay. >> and interrogated? that what happened with barack obama. he should down the cia site but there is no place to question the terrorists, just drone them. now, we don't get the information. >> and by the way when it comes to interrogation, techniques should not be something we're debating locally. it's not the only tool. you match it up with information and it's a key part of a tool box and a thousand tools we need to prevent terrorist attacks. >> what about hillary clinton. if you had to make a case against her is how are you going to go after her? you were in favor of the iraq war and they feel you have too much in common with her. >> i wanted to do more than what they did. the term leading from behind came about as a result of libya. and the argument is that we're going to go into 72 hours, do two little things and walk away and leave everybody else to figure it out. my argument is the longer the civil war goes on, the more unstable tha

president obama said in first year in office that he was going to close guantanamo bay the problemyou do with with these people a number detainees still there, are from yemen, yemen is a country that is in turmoil right now we can't just turn them back to yemen when we had to pull our democrats ou diplom the country a civil war a problem is going to continue president obama makes the case this is a facility that gives u.s. a bad name around the world doesn't represent our values, and to some extent that is true. but then you know if you take detainees, the ones that are considered the most dangerous transfer to u.s. soil, you continue to hold them without trial, it doesn't really do anything more for -- for the reputation of the u.s. positionings world. >> what do you think response of the u.s. baddest of bad guys in home tendon wherever that may be held down the set too i know i would be wildly uncomfortable with that. >> this is something i think people do not want most persons don't want a gun gain bay closed down and for the wrn you point out right there people do not want thes

these individuals would not be transferred to the prison at guantanamo bay. there's been no one that's been transferred to that prison during president obama's seven years in office. our goal is to close that prison. adding to that population would be contradictory to that oal. i think what the department of defense will tell you is that they'll have to make their own determinations about the best way to handle these individual cases, when it came to the case of the woman -- the wife of the isil leader who was detained in that raid, she was turned over to kurdish officials and she'll be brought to justice in the kurdish system. reporter: none of these individuals will ever come to the united states? mr. earnest: you'll have to check with the department of defense about how they would resolve this? reporter: in the case of the woman, there's a d.o.j. warrant for her arrest, based on providing material support to terrorists, something, whatever that is. so why would someone like that not be brought to the united states to answer to a warrant issued by the depar

castro said that relations could only be normalized when the embargos end and the u.s vacated guantanamo bay. "the embargo's going to end. when, i can't be entirely sure. but i believe it will end and the path that we're on will continue beyond my administration. ." president obama will attend a state dinner this evening. the president and his family will depart tomorrow afternoon. two men are charged tonight after a high speed chase ended with a crash in glendale. a sharonville police officer was investigating a possible theft in the 11-thousand road this morning... when the car took off. police say the car was going 100 miles per hour before going airborne.. slamming into a pole... and then running into a building near sharon road knocking out power in the area. both the driver of the car... and a passenger were sent to the hospital. their injuries not serious. a former springboro police lieutenant convicted back in 1995 in connection with his wife's death in a botched burglary... could be re-tried. authorities say thomas "jim" barton.. seen here in 1995.. paid to because an appeals eviden

testified before a senate panel yesterday she said federal laws prohibit moving prisoners from guantanamo bay to u.s. soil. congressional approval for that. he made a campaign pledge to it's a recruitment tool for foreign terrorists. >>> south carolina state lawmakers are concerned about the idea because the detainees could be transferred to a naval brig in charleston. republicans and democrats are both against the idea. kansas and colorado are two other states that could receive prisoners. >>> governors hailey and governor pat mccrory promise the fight the president on this plan to close the bay. >>> a charlotte man will travel to california to attend the private funeral. ken baron worked with her in the '80 and he was a former addict and says she gave him a chance. he helped with her drug awareness program called just say no. baron sent mrs. reagan flowers often and would always get a thank you note in return. >> looking at the letters, i -- i'm saddened by that. but it also brings a sense of peace that there was also a friend. and it just happened to be nancy reagan. signature was a sign o

. >> we don't do it at all because they're closing guantanamo bay.n i'm president they will be sent to guantanamo bay. >> and interrogated? that what happened with barack obama. he should down the cia site but there is no place to question the terrorists, just drone them. now, we don't get the information. >> and by the way when it comes to interrogation, techniques should not be something we're debating locally. it's not the only tool. you match it up with information and it's a key part of a tool box and a thousand tools we need to prevent terrorist attacks. >> what about hillary clinton. if you had to make a case against her is how are you going to go after her? you were in favor of the iraq war and they feel you have too much in common with her. >> i wanted to do more than what they did. the term leading from behind came about as a result of libya. and the argument is that we're going to go into 72 hours, do two little things and walk away and leave everybody else to figure it out. my argument is the longer the civil war goes on, the more unstabl

soil, prisoners at guantanamo bay, cuba. cydney long was there to witness the long awaited arrival. >> reporter: these are the hugs, squeezes and tearful embraces that have been a year in the waiting. >> i'm so excited to be home. just it's been a long year. i'm ready to be here. >> reporter: sergeant diana depalma, what it all means. >> it's been a rough 2015. being older parents, grandparents, taking care of her, i had breast cancer reoccur, treatment and taking care of a 5-year-old has been tough. today's a great day. >> very grateful. a long, rough road. but we did what we had to do, came home safe. glad it's over with. >> reporter: the commander applauded soldiers for a job well done, reinforcing the fact the prison was, quote, no island resort. >> so happy he's home. >> reporter: specialist matthew rivera is 20. to know the most dangerous criminals in the world, terrorists, housed there, how close are you to all of that? >> it was -- pretty close. it wasn't -- it wasn't too bad. >> reporter: this sergeant's daughter wa

to discuss cuba's request to return guantanamo bay... and the current trade embargo between the two countries. president obama also plans to catch a baseball game today... as the tampa bay rays take on the cuban national team. this comes as major league baseball discusses a deal that could make it easier for cuban players to enter the u-s a health alert now-- a new case of the zika virus is found in central florida.... as new research shows the state is now home to more than half of all u-s cases. according to the florida department of health a new case of the zika virus has been found in osceola county. officials have also found two new cases in miami-dade... and one in broward. the new cases bring the florida total to 71 all travel- related. according to the c- d-c... there are 116 zika cases in the u-s. that means florida makes up 61-percent of all u-s cases. a clermont police officer is severely burned in a bonfire accident... and now you have a chance to 5 out. officer "kris kruse" received 3rd-degree burns to 60-percent of his body

>> in question. >> i am not. >> the department deliver product entitled plan for closing the guantÁnamo bayention facility. is this committee has previously stated, the requirement has not been met. they were on a case-by-case basis, transfer to another country was along for detention. in recent testimony officials testified that there is a requirement, they do not know their prisoners would be housed. we have a location. do youyou have to determine which of these three options appropriate? >> generally speaking we do. it has worked out. with respect to the report and the question of location, we were not specific about location. the optimal location will depend upon several things that we don't know right now. if we canwe can do it quickly will pick an existing facility and trying to build on that. if we have a longer period of time we may build a new facility from scratch. depend upon the number. that will depend upon the structure of the military commissions process. so the reason that we have to discuss this and submitted the plan. >> i am familiar. >> reason the plan calls for dialogue

secretary, can we rule out that guantanamo bay will be transferred back to the cubans? you c can you rule out that possibility? >> you mean the whole base? the base is separate from the detention facility there. let me do the base first. the base is in a strategic location. we have had it for a long time. it's important for us. we intend to hold on to it. as the chairman said with respect to the detention facility at gitmo, which is what the president was speaking about last week -- it's very important to repeat this is where the chairman started, there are people in the guantanamo bay detention facility whom it is not safe to transfer to any other location. they have to stay in u.s. detention. so that safety is the top priority for me, for the chairman and for the president. so there has to be an alternate detention facility created. that's what the proposal that was announced last week is about. now, that can't be done unless congress acts, which means congress has to support the idea that it would be good to move this facility or detainees to the united states. i bel

>> well, we really need to do and i have been down to guantanamo bay and talked to the people that do the interviews and the way that's effective is over a long period of time and what this administration has done in their guest to close down guantanamo bay we stopped captioning, and questioning islamic terrorists. we're starting to capture some of the isis operatives. we captured one that was a former iraqi chemical weapons expert and we started seeing them and we're able to take out some of the installations but we need a long-term facility for long-term detention and that's how you gather intelligence is capturing people and detaining them and interviewing them over a long period of time. finding discrepancies between themselves and their own testimony and that of their fellow operatives. >> let's talk about nuclear security. there's a report that a security guard at a nuclear plant there was murdered this week and his access pass was stolen. authorities discovered secret surveillance footage of a high-ranking official in the home of a man linked to the paris attackers. are you con

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deirdre: that was president obama last year vowing to close guantanamo bay.he pentagon reportedly planning a dozen more transfers from the facility to two countries. one a former al qaeda fighter. he is from yemen. he has been on a hunger strike since 2007 but there are 91 prisoners remaining, 15 of which are considered high level. worth noting, nearly 20% of the transfers returned to fighting. that stat is verifiable of july 2015. with me now former cia senior intelligence officer, retired lieutenant colonel tony shaffer. >> hey. deirdre: thank you, sir for the time. 91 prisoners left who we will assume be set free. how can the cia counter what seems like a very bad decision at a very bad time? >> well both di and cia both. this is pentagon effort. what has to be done is accepting reality which we face. look, these are the most hardcore prisoners left. those which were kind of recoverable, those who were kind of periphery of 9/11 attacks and those incident were release adlong time ago. so these are the hardest of the hard, the most guilty, if you will. and m

to its normalization, it will also be necessary to return the territory illegally occupied by guantanamo bay. >> give me a name or names, or when after this meeting is over, you c give me a list of have those political prisoners, they will be released before tonight ends. >> reporter: earlier in the day, presidt obama paid tribute to a cuba independence hero. he called it a historic moment. and he then wrote in a guest book, it is a great honor to pay tribute to jose marty, who gave his life for independence in his homeland. >> the embargo is going to end, when, i can't be entirely sure. but i believe it will end, and the path that we're on will continue beyond my administration. the reason is logical. for 50 years, did not serve our interests or the interest of the cuban people. >> reporter: tonight, raul castro holds a dinner for the president and the first lady at the palace of the revolution. in havana, cuba, a ax diprato, 7 news. >> lynn: as president obama's historic trip puts the spotlight on cuba, some cuban dissidents made their voices heard, especially ladies fighting for liberate.

while guantanamo bay is open. the difference is yes. in a relationship that has been transformed.'s legacy. with the middle east in turmoil, the normalization of these relations can be claimed as a foreign policy success. these images will be for the scrapbook. acker: the two leaders held a joint press conference. before oner been seen cuban television. president obama said it was a new day for the two countries. , theor point of contention trade embargo, will end but he couldn't say when. it depends on finding common ground on human rights. president obama: we don't view cuba as a threat to the united states. this is a new chapter in relations. as is true with countries around the world, we will continue to stand up for basic principles that we believe in. anchor: president castro countered the issue head-on. not have any such people in his jails. castro: give me a list of the political prisoners and i will release them immediately. give me the names. names,can give me those they will be released before tonight and is. ends. anchor: senator patrick leahy is traveling with the pre