congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen is a congresswoman from florida.as born in cuba and fled with her family when she was 8 years old. welcome to the program. good morning, congresswoman. >> thank you. good morning, thanks for having me. >> let's talk first about these two little boys. if it found that these two little florida boys are in cuba, and you have experienced 13 years ago with the elian gonzalez case, a famous case, obviously this is the reverse, if it is found that these two little boys are in cuba, do you think it will be difficult to get them back? >> well, i wouldn't call it a reverse of the elian case. it's quite different. and here in the united states, we have a system that works with checks and balances. the elian case went through the court. you can't compare that to a kidnapping where there's no redress and there's no criminal justice system that is impartial in cuba. >> right -- first i meant they were in cuba instead of here. >> okay, thank you. because, i would never compare this wonderful country with a communist tyranny in cuba

. >> host: now, you come from a conservative republican background, ileana ros-lehtinen, george h.w. bush, the independent women's forum. is it tough to be a conservative republican in silicon valleysome. >> guest: no, not. i say that people care about issues more so hand politics per se. i did a briefing on capitol hill earlier, and it's just -- the questions kept coming up, how can washington get more engaged in silicon valley, and my response was stay out. you know, they don't want you there. just allow them to continue to do what they do best which is testimonying and an output of that is innovation. so there is great concern for the environment and cleaning the water and fixing problems that billions of people are affected to. in addition to recognizing that, um, there's an authenticity in the way things are done there. so the value is really placed on following through on your passion which has nothing to do with politics. >> host: does silicon valley in general, and i hate to generalize like that, but does silicon valley pay attention to what's going on in washington? >> guest

congressman ileana ros-lehtinen, thank you, both so much. >> thank you.se suspects says she wants to come to united states. this comes asn sh her son onshe's also wanted by the y,ere in chusetts. so what happens when and if this mother sets foot on u.s. soil. we're going to ask that question next. >>> there is no more higher purpose right now than to take care of the folks that put themselves in harm's way to protect our freedoms. >> more than half a million folks have done more than one tour. that's a tremendous emo tional and physical burden we put on our folks that is cknowledging that people are always going to have some affect. we just to be able to be better at making that transition back to civilized society and not carrying around that pain of with a are forar for the rest of their life. i'm skip rizzo. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is a reason to look twice. this is a stunnif technology. the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection.% >>> as we are learning new details about the suspects in the boston bom

represent many cuban-americans in south florida, we're talking about mario diaz volart and ileana ros-lehtinenmits they had and the castro regime is behind six decades of astrotrocitieatrocit restrictions on tourism, common sense measures to prevent u.s. dollars from a murderous regime. and jeff blake says, so, beyonce and jay-z are in cuba, fine by me. every american should have the right to travel there. the obama administration lifted some travel, that deals with educational exchange, but you're not allowed to go there as a tourist. and by the way, beyonce and jay-z, shown as sean carter, no comment at all so far on this. >> megyn: you know, this is the disadvantage of flying private. now? when you try to get on the american airlines jet to cuba, somebody stops you, no, we don't go there anywhere. in your own private plane it's a different story. trace, thank you. >> trace: sure. >> megyn: well, little james mattioli would have turned seven years old last month if a gunman had not opened fire in his sandy hook elementary classroom. today his father joins us live to talk about why his plan f

congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen and congressman mario diaz-balart both came out against this trip., cultural purposes are always an exception to the ban on travel over there but one wonders if there was a little bit of special treatment here. martha: you would imagine that is how they got in, under sort of a cultural visit and she was posing with schoolchildren. you can kind of, some people have spoken out in favor of it. it is time to look at more open relationships in some ways with cuba. so looks like they had a great time. he was smoking havana cigars and strolling through the streets of old havana. gregg: lots of old cars in old havana. a top republican senator now saying he is encouraged by what he sees in the president's budget proposal. just ahead lindsey graham joins to us explain why he is so optimistic. martha: a new push for answers in the benghazi terror attacks. a letter has been sent to congress by 700 special forces veterans. one of them joins us next live. why he thinks the white house is misleading the american public after four americans died in our consulate. >>

we'll get reaction from congress members ileana ros-lehtinen and peter king.n a cash-strapped small town. the catch? that's the mon. that's the son. they're running against each other. we're talking with the mom about this unusual race and what that means around the dinner table. >>> and we told you about this brave 7-year-old boy battling brain cancer. he got to experience one of his dreams. we're going to meet jack hoffman. we're going to talk to him. he scored the touchdown of the lifetime. that is one little husker fans. and husker fans love this kid almost as much -- >> he's adorable. >> so excited to meet him. >> can't wait. >> 42 minutes after the hour right now. it's been more than two years since former congresswoman gabby giffords was shot and nearly killed by a crazed gunman in tucson. today brain injuries do make speaking difficult, yet giffords has become a spokeswoman for new restrictions on guns. but she hasn't lost her preeshs for gun culture. dana bash spent some time with giffords and her husband mark kelly at their home in arizona and got re

. >> ileana ros-lehtinen and a guy from upstate new york named hannah and portman. 279. i don't see the dominoes falling any time soon. so no. the republican party is a party largely white largely older. and largely let us say you know suspicious of certain other types. and that's not going to change quickly. >> bill: and the internal conflict in the republican party seems to be between those who say we need to change even some of our policies and those who say no, we need just to have a better -- deliver the message better right? it is a classic pizza or the pizza box. and i thought that was very clear at cpac when rand paul says look at this party, it is covered with moss and it is stale and marco rubio says we don't need any new ideas. but that's a fundamental difference. >> it is yeah. it is. >> bill: the pizza box people are just kidding themselves. >> if you look back at when the democrats were in a similar situation, you can love or hate or whatever the democratic leadership council. i know all -- actually i agree with some of their stuff. disagree strongly w

but you have a couple republicans and that was representative mario diaz bellard and ileana ro ros-lehtin ros-lehtinen a certain constituency, but in the scream scheme of things nothing. it is relatively easy to go to cuba. they went to cuba on vacation. like okay, next. there's going to be something more important to discuss. >> i should think. what about lessons? can we learn anything here? do you want to given us a socrates sort of interpretation ofdoes. and frankly, it's say there americans are having a market that's so close to us that our businesses can not sell and do business with. so it if there's anything, any lesson here is that jay-z has turned us into a commercial opportunity that i hope the white house will seize upon and allow small and medium-sized business to do trade with cuba. it is a great place to do business. >> what do you think the likelihood of that happening is, morris? >> as long as we have folks on the republican side and frankly, folks on the democratic side that want to continue to politicize this, it won't happen. i think as the castro regime starts to fade away, you wil