. >> if i could also ask about havana syndrome. today, the intelligence community assessment changed slightly, with two agencies saying there's an even chance this is being caused by a foreign adversary. do you think that? pres. biden: no. do i believe that isis's theology, if you will, has impacted people if you will, some, who are not well-suited to handle the life where they live. it has that effect, but i find no evidence -- i spent 17, 18 hours with the community right off the bat trying to determine whether or not there was any outside influence and, thus far, we find no connection between an outside player, individual, but that does not mean someone reading the malarkey that's going out there is not influenced by it. both these men, both in nevada and in louisiana, have been men who have had their own problems, but not because they have been influenced by a specific individual. >> my question is on havana syndrome. the intelligence community today, part of their assessment changed, saying there's now an even chance that the

. >> if i could also ask about havana syndrome. today the intelligence community assessment changed. even chance this being caused by foreign actor. do you personally believe that a foreign actor is responsible for these incidents? >> no. now, do you believe that isis theology, if you will, has impacted people in america? some. not particularly well suited to handle the life that they live. that, it has that effect. but there is no -- i find no evidence and i have done -- i spent 17, 18 hours with the committee right off the bat trying to determine whether or not there was any outside influence. and, thus far we find no connection between an outside player individual. but that doesn't mean someone reading the malarkey that's going out there isn't influenced by it. both of these men both in nevada and in louisiana, have been men who have had their own problems that but not because they have been influenced by specific individuals. >> my question was on havana syndrome. under havana syndrome the intelligence community, part of their

there were dod members affected by what they believed was a havana syndrome style attack. there have been whistleblowers from the dia. ; does the secretary think that there needs to be more investigation into whether a foreign adversary is behind these attacks in light of the new evidence that two intelligence agencies have presented that a foreign adversary may have developed a weapon that could be responsible for this kind of injury? maj. gen. ryder: i don't have anything specific to pass along other than i know that this is under close review and will continue to be so, but i don't have anything new to provide. >> two questions. has there been a conversation between defense secretary austin and pete had seth -- hegseth? maj. gen. ryder: no conversations to date and i don't have anything to announce. >> the question on lebanon, israel carried out strikes saying they had raised issues of the cease-fire agreement to the monitoring mechanism, but those were not addressed. does the u.s. believe, were you aware of issues that israel had raised with the cease-fire monitoring m

so my question was on havana syndrome, not not nevada. sorry. on the havana syndrome. um, the intelligence community today, part of their assessment changed, saying that there is now an even chance that the havana syndrome cases and incidents, there's a foreign actor potentially behind them. is that do you agree with that assessment? >> i don't have the full brief on that right now. i'm not going to comment on that. >> do you have an update on austin tice in syria and whether or not he's the answer is i'm not going to respond to that because that's an act ongoing issue. >> you know, my attitude about getting prisoners released from abroad, and i'm not going to comment on that right now. >> just one question again, back on pardons and commutations. can you just give us a sense of what other pardons and commutations you're considering in your last ten days? >> well, the answer is no, because two things. one is that. it depends on some of the. language and expectations that. trump. broadcast in the last couple of days here as to what he's going to do um, the idea that he

there is now an even chance that the havana syndrome cases and incidents, there was a foreign actor potentially behind them. is that do you agree with that assessment? >> i don't have a full brief on that right now. i'm not going to comment on that. >> do you have an update on austin tice in syria and whether or not he's. >> the answer is i'm not going to respond to that because that's an active, ongoing issue. you know, my attitude about getting prisoners released from abroad, and i'm not going to comment on that right now. >> just one question, again, back on pardons and commutations. can you just give us a sense of what other pardons and commutations you're considering in your last ten days? >> well, the answer is no, because two things. one is that. it depends on some of the language and expectations that trump broadcast in the last couple of days here as to what he's going to do. the idea that he would punish people for not adhering to what he thinks should be policy as related to his well-being, is outrageous. but there's still consideration of some folks that nothing but no d

members were affected by what they believed was havana syndrome style attack. there have been whistleblowers from the d.i.a. does the secretary think that there needs to be more investigation into whether a foreign adversary is behind these attacks in light of the new evidence that two intelligence agencies have presented that afford adversary -- that a forward adversary may have drop developed a rep responsible for this kind of injury. general ryder: i don't have anything specific to pass along, i know this is under close review and will continue to be so. i don't have anything to provide. reporter: two questions. first, has there been a conversation between secretary austin and pete hegseth and are there plans for that? general ryder: no conversations to date, and i don't have anything to announce. reporter: israel carried out strikes in lebanon yesterday, say saying they raised concerns of hezbollah violating the ceasefire agreement but those were in the addressed. does the u.s. believe that -- first was the -- were you aware of issues that israel had raised

cafe versailles is in the neighborhood of little havana, in miami, as you know.and i mentioned this visit because this is the neighborhood where enrique tarrio, the former chairman of the proud boys, and this is where he grew up, in this neighborhood in little havana, in miami. we just got an update from enrique tarrio family stating that enrique tarrio is scheduled to land here in the miami international airport at 3:05 p.m. from a southwest airlines. and as you mentioned, jose, yesterday, less than 24 hours ago, i was at a january 6th park and watch party that was organized by gabriel garcia, one of enrique dario's friends. now, gabriel garcia is also a proud boy. he's the son of cuban immigrants. he's a veteran, and he was sentenced to one year in prison due to his actions on january 6th. but what we saw him doing at 7:30 p.m. yesterday, jose was literally cutting off his court ordered ankle bracelet, and that was his form of celebrating. and so i think this is why it's important to get in their mind and understand how many of these january 6th rioters are fee

distances have a way of havana sheen. >> when measured? and values. rather than miles. and it was because of our shared values that jimmy and i respected each other as adversaries even before we cherish one. another. dear friends. this is not to say that jimmy never got under my skin. but has there ever been a group of politicians that didn't do that to one another? during our 1976 contest, jimmy knew my political vulnerabilities and he successfully pointed them out. now i didn't like it. but little i know that the outcome of that 1976 election. wpuld bring about one of my deepest. and most enduring friendships. the summer of 1981. the 2 of us found ourselves together again. this time aboard air force one bound for the funeral of the great peacemaker anwar sadat. there's a >> old-line to the effect 2 presidents in a room. one too many. >> wondered how awkward that long flight might be to cairo. and it was a long flight. but >> the return trip. was not nearly long enough. for it was somewhere over the atlantic. that jimmy not forged a friendship. that transcends politics

the government in havana says it says step in the right direction and it recognizes future us and ministrations may over time. the decision from on this that's bringing island fish and his lawn 1st and washington d. c. so that's why i'm just explain just why buying is removing cuba from this list of state sponsors of terrorism. now? well, this is something that's been under examinations since essentially the bite and administration took over in the white house. donald trump changed the designation as he was going out the door. in fact, on the 12th of january, 2021. and the pipe administration criticized him for saying that essentially they were tying their hands for a while now. they said they would gun to go review. they've done that in 2022 until the blinking said that was still under way. and here we are almost 3 years later. and they said that it's not done and they were removing the designation. so what does it mean? it means that cuba is removed from the list. the also includes north korea, syria, and the rad. it means that you might have 10 in organizations, church groups, and duties. hu

until last week, when the 2 countries again announced a surprise deal at augusta and reports from havana. in summit 2021. unprecedented nationwide anti government protest rocks cubic hundreds of people, which i owed. this week to run the united states announced a surprise deal a prisoner release in exchange for sanctions relief. the button administration will take cuba off its state sponsors of terrorism list. the measure has scared international banks away from the island. the clothing up, it's more around the economy as far as the administration never provided evidence to support its tyra claim that humor supported that and uh, 40 years ago, i think it was undeniable that cuba supports that sort of thing today is absurd to what has neither the method as far as the the means to do such a thing, nor any information to do so. and that's why we see no evidence provided by the united states as and a stays to quit for quote, a valuable release more than 500 prisoners, many of whom were involved in the protest. see a permanent dissonant jose down here that was released on thursday. was on the

intersection at havana, cuba, that was part of the swiss embassy. went president obama made diplomatic relations with cuba, the u.s. embassy was reopened. we would not have the u.s. embassy if it wasn't for the u.s. intersection. that is one thing i did not see them talking about, about the opening up of the u.s. embassy -- intersection and havana, cuba. it was part of the swiss embassy. host: it says -- i have that here. established diplomatic relations with cuba in 1902. it said in 1977, during president carter's administration the united states and cuba signed an agreement establishing the u.s. intersection and the cuban intersection and washington. both diplomatic missions operated under the protection of the embassy of switzerland. caller: they did not mentioned -- with all the platitudes in that stuff they did not engine the u.s. intersection. i don't know why. they did not talk about it. my father died at age 99. he lived in cuba from the earl -- from early 1942 to 1950. he lived opposite the american embassy. this is something that should ha

. >> good morning and welcome to havana harbor where a soviet freighter waits its turn to come into thise of hundred yards away from that ship is this bordered up and melancholic building, this ladies and gentlemen used to be the american embassy. you look around and the thing that occurs to you is funny, they don't look like communists. >> there you are reporting in castro's cuba, meeting with fidel castro this is your very newsworthy interview, castro used his style, he was controversial for many reasons, but he had his own leadership style, a joking charisma as well as the interview he did with barbara walters, take a look. [ speaking in a global language ] >> actually castro wasn't correct, in checkbook journalism, abc did in fact, pay him, he received a $20 fee. >> your reflections i don't know how much you remember that trip, that era, informed policy in the cold war and the type of reporting you were doing. >> i loved barbara walters, we became friends as soon as we were paired together at abc in the 1970s, i think it was at the son of sam, that was the first story that we did tog

the president goes to mexico city only six weeks before he kills kennedy he wants to get down to havanathe castro revolution but is he rejected by the soviets and cubans, i think the cia was surveilling him. they knew what he was doing. they knew he taken outs out a pistol and slammed tonight table. and then when oswald came back into the u.s., they didn't tell the fbi. it's the same type of thing that happened on 9/11 when the agencies don't talk to each other i suspected this a long time maybe the evidence of it is inside these files if lbj is enough keep it closed. if the mob was involved, same thing this they are all involved you believe a dry hole but open to being wrong. >> right, absolutely. will look, i used to think it was the mafia involved because jack ruby who looks like he is out of central casting mafia figure ends up killing lee rearve oswald the arrested assassin only two days after is he arrested in please custody. in the end is there were conspiracies, the mob maybe castro, maybe the kjb they wanted kennedy dead. but oswald got there before any of them. he wasn't part

cry following an explosion which destroyed the u.s.s.maine, a battleship docked off the coast of havanabruary of 1988 killing u.s. seaman. u.s. tensions with spain were high mainly due to an independence movement in cuba under spanish colonial rule sins christopher columbus claimed cuba for spain in 1492. the maine was one of several vessels in the region protecting u.s. interests and there was a major movement in the united states led by noted media barron's at the time william randolph hurst and joseph pulitzer to sbeer screen on behalf of the could you been independence movement and go to war with spain. despite it being unclear who or what caused the explosion that destroyed the u.s.s. maine the press ran with the story that spain was behind t it is commonly believed by the way that the explosion was most likely caused by an internal malfunction, but the narrative was out. politicians and the public caught on and soon america was at war with spain. just over a century later another false narrative led the u.s. into another war, this one aided by bad intelligence at best and a politi

so we're working on that coming down in havana. bill, can you wrote community? there was still have resources all around the structure behind cutting line on top of them, which is separate fuel from the black and the green. and that allows us ensure that there's very limited probability of any kind of skate. also, resources are getting behind structure getting rid of any isolated. he sources so that it could not impact any more structures that come down rest way and down into riviera all the way to the coast or santa monica. everything's looking really good as far activity is down, but we still have those heat. so we still have resources deep inside those structures, concentrate on the structures that are standint making sure that we don't have any adverse fire damage to those structures. office if it and down to pay to the beachside. leflore is in all the way to malibu there on the bottom left of the map. same story. we have a lot of resources still going around structures that are standing, take care of the heat that the structures that have strike. we also ha

of state's family from cuba, the outgoing homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, born in havanam all over this hemisphere and other hemispheres who have come here seeking asylum as refugees. yeah, absolutely. >> and i think, you know, the president keeps talking about immigrants who are criminals invading. >> we know that anybody who stops and thinks about the immigrants they know knows that immigrants don't fit that pattern. >> are there some people with criminal convictions? some dangerous people, of course. >> but immigrants have been shown to commit crimes in less numbers. >> and the fact is that the people coming here are in real danger. >> they are not criminals. >> they don't fit that portrait of president trump. >> and this is this is not sort of some abstract academic issue. >> these are real people fleeing danger on, on and fleeing persecution. >> and we really need to have an asylum system in the united states. >> and not only has he ended asylum, but he also ended the family separation task force. now we have a consent decree that says they have to continue reuniting

. >> good morning and welcome to havana harbor, where a soviet freighter, one of many lies anchored,his busy port. >> it's symbolic, i think, that just a couple of hundred yards away from that anchored russian ship is this boarded up and melancholy looking building. >> this, ladies and gentlemen, used to be the american embassy. >> when you look around, the thing that occurs to you is. it's funny. they don't look like communists. >> there are some caballero primero. >> there. you were reporting in castro's cuba, meeting with fidel castro. and i have a little more. and then we'll get your thoughts on this. this is your very newsworthy interview. castro used his style. he was controversial for many reasons, but he had his own leadership style, a sort of joking charisma, as well as the interview he did with abc's barbara walters. take a look. >> make me work as much as you make me work. >> i wouldn't have a long life. >> not a trabajar como durante tres dias. >> she made me work for about three days in. >> beyonce. >> and then i was paid nothing. >> absolutely nothing. >> and then he pa

cafe versailles is this place is in the heart of miami dade county, in a neighborhood called little havana. now, this neighborhood is exactly where enrique tarrio grew up. not too far from where i'm talking to you. and in just a couple of hours, according to his family, at 6:30 p.m, enrique tarrio will be taking a flight, a southwest flight, and will be landing right here in miami. i think in a couple of hours you can expect to see some type of party right here in versailles. but less than 24 hours ago, as you mentioned, ana, i was at a january 6th party and watch party. that party was organized by gabriel garcia. gabriel garcia is one of enrique dario's friends, and he is also the son of cuban immigrants. he's a veteran. he's a proud boy. he. gabriel garcia is someone that was sentenced to one year in prison due to his actions on january 6th and at 7:30 p.m. yesterday, we saw him in cutting off his court ordered ankle bracelet that he was having there. it was a sort of a celebration of the moment. and at that watch party that you can see right there, that's where i had the opportunity to

along with other senators on this committee, i was one of the authors of the havana act, there was funding available for those who had been afflicted. more recently, support for investigative analysis and for victims within the cia have decreased. we have at interesting developments. on december 5, there was an unclassified report released finding that there was an increasing likelihood that a foreign adversary was responsible for at least some of the reported ahi cases. on the 10th of january, the odni released an updated intelligence assessment of ahis that revealed that two intelligence agencies reported they believed a foreign actor may have used some sort of novel weapon or device to inflict ahis on our personnel. this is very disturbing to me. it raises questions whether dissenting voices were suppressed in earlier analysis. and my basic question to you is this -- what actions, if confirmed, will you take to ensure the cia aggressively and objectively investigates the causes of the ahis, including examining whether or not a foreign adversary is responsive while for harming the men an

on september 1, 1977, president carter opened up the us intersection in havana, cuba that was part of the swiss embassy. we wouldn't have, when president obama made diplomatic relations with cuba, the us embassy was reopened. we wouldn't have the us embassy if it weren't for the us intersection. that is one thing i didn't see them talking about, about the opening up of the embassy and have anna, cuba which was part of the swiss embassy. >> host: i have that here. cuba 1902, it said in 1977 during president carter's administration the united states signed an agreement establishing the intersection in the have van and cuban intersection in washington dc, diplomatic missions operating under the embassy of switzerland. >> caller: teen all the platitudes and stuff didn't mention us intersection. i don't know why. they didn't talk about it. my father died at age 99 and lived in cuba from early 42 from june 11, 1950, opposite the american industry. this is one thing. >> host: this is roderick in fort lauderdale, hi, roderick. >> caller: how are you doing? i wanted to call in and give my mutu

i want to talk about havana syndrome, this is dÉjÀ vu all over again.e have to look at the markers that have been around for years and years and we have to start with the moscow signal, ronald reagan's star wars and president bill clinton's nonconsent for human expert mentation. >> what's your message to lawmakers? 119th congress. >> we need laws to protect us from being experimented on by our government. we are being tortured, we are being coerced. >> that's george in texas. moving on to jared in wilmington, delaware, democratic caller. shared in wilmington, delaware, democratic caller, hi, jared. one last try for jared. let me move on to roberta, houston, texas, independent caller. roberta, >> thank you. we must consider our relationship with israel. the world considers it a terrorist state. we have to consider the attacks in gaza, the golan heights. we are going to end up, the united states, having to pay reparations along with israel as to its behavior. is a terrorist state and we must consider our relationship with israel. please, congress consider

was going to open up trade later we open up what we call interest sections in washington, one in havana, so we can have some kind diplomatic discussions. as you know now, this administration tightened up as much as possible to try to prevent any travel between us and cuba. i think the best way to bring about democracy and freedom in cuba is to let them have unimpeded access to people from a democratic and free country like ours. so i think it's a very serious mistake about mischief, because mississippi. go ahead. i think you mean misery. oh, go ahead, please. this. i'm very happy to get hands to talk to you. president i wanted to you. back in the early eighties, fred friendly. the late fred friendly did a series on the constitution. that delicate balance. and there were harvard professors that moderated it and all people that were involved in the different hypothesis that were involved. agnew, who was there and, all the dislike anna quindlen, archibald cox, the different things that kind of happened and. it ended up being sort of like a a lesson history, recent history. and i know that

i want to talk about havana syndrome, a.k.a. anonymous health incidents. this is deja vu.e have to look at the markers that have been around for years and years. you have to start with the moscow signal, ronald reagan star wars, and president bill clinton's nonconsensual human experimentation. host: what is your message to these lawmakers of the 119th congress? caller: we need some kind of laws to protect us from being experimented on by our government. we are being tortured, we are being coerced -- host: we will move on to jared in wilmington, delaware, democratic caller. jared in wilmington, delaware. democratic caller. hi, jared. one last try for jared. all right, roberto, houston, texas, independent caller. roberto? caller: thank you, greta. we must consider our relationship with israel. the world considers it a terrorist state. we have to consider what it is actually doing in gaza, the golan heights, and the west bank. we in the united states will end up having to pay reparations along with israel as to its behavior. it is a terrorist state and we must consider, recon