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jay-z song. clearly they have close ties. there's all kind of pictures between president obama and jay-z. jay-z did one of the final rally's in 2012. it's not that-z is attacking obama directly. it's just that he's talking about politicians in general and even so, he's a rapper, ok? this is what rapper's do, they talk about stuff, they brag about things. some may be true, some may not be true. they give their political opinion. to me, this whole is a tempest in a tea cup. it's silly season in d.c., as lee said. this will go away, probably not soon enough, but hopefully pretty soon. cenk: did jay-z and bow i don't and beyonce do anything wrong going to cuba? mere, you know, they didn't praise castro or anything like that. was there anything wrong with this trip? >> no, many, many americans travel to cuba, if they do it in a way that's sanctified by the government. >> exactly. i used to live in south florida. there are people who get in and out, no problem. it irritated a state with a very vocal population that hates cuba and it's a heavy electoral state. cenk: now that we've settled this, we're going to move on. in the next block this is fun guys

jay z versusus jay carny. the treasury and not the white house gave the green light for jay z and wife beyonce to travel to cuba. regardless of that he is rapping. snolt ♪ ♪ boys from the hood white house clamor. (bleep) to me except lie to me and distort history. ♪ >> eric: johnathon you don't think they are criminal but free market capitalist. >> i don't think they are particularly good musician either. but unlike cuba we protect individual rights and that is the right to travel. cuba is not a imminent threat but i believe americans should have the right to travel to cube a. they should denounce them as a slave society and people should be careful in traveling to places that don't invest in human rights. so you play with a lot of risks when you travel and invest in countries that don't invest in human rights. >> eric: is it time to open up trade. >> i think trade helps you cut a nation off. look at the problem with north korea. because we don't have any way to know what is going on in the country. you have to have a trade relaonship and need an embassy and all of that. otherwise you will not have infrastructure whether it is cov

jay-z. beyonce and jay-z are catching heat for their trip to cuba from the florida republican. rubio calls jay-z a hypocrite for visiting thatsland nation. >> i thought it was hypocritical for jay-z and beyonce to go to cuba. there's a rapper right now in cuba who is on a hunger strike and persecuted because of his lyrics. >>> some great news to pass along here. the bush family has a new addition. look at this picture. jenny bush hager giving birth to margaret laura or mila on saturday night. she's named after her grandmothers. both mom and baby are healthy and their family is "elated." miles all around. the former president fired off a equip to dallas morning news saying people were surprised that he painted. some people are surprised that i can even read. more signs that anthony weiner is laying the groundwork for a mayoral run in new york city. he released a policy book called keys to the city that recaps ideas when he was expecting to run in 2008. when asked if he thought his former fellow new york lawmaker deserved a comeback, here's what chuck schumer had to say about it. >> does anthony weiner deserve a second chance?

thinks they're the next jay-z. >> dana: they didn't have a problem with jay-disi jay-z ande for getting a cull ra visa. >> they don't care about the suffering. before we do that to bob because he's great under pressure. he's going to prove that you can do this. let me see, do we have the tweet available that was written about see. this rap response from dana preno to jay-z shows how laughable minority outreach is for the g.o.p.. honestly, this is what they wanted to pick up. >> this was @rich1? >> dana: don't follow him, he this is your time. > >> bob: if you think you had a bad rap, i want to say this. this is what i wrote down. dana perino, the new major rapper store, is joining herman tyga at harvard yard and will appear but she's broken out of her hood and man, she should. that home girl been straight for so long, she said to her upper crust honky friends, i'm gone. >> dana: thus proving the point that it's really not that hard. mmy album is coming up. we're not going to follow this guy. the presently notification is the best part. it says terrible rap. >> you say my album is dropping next week. >> dana: my album is dropping next s week. >> bob: dana peri

jay-z and beyonce's controversial trip to cuba, well, the president, he too hea >> for example, this whole controversy about jay-z going to cuba. it's unbelievable. i've got 99 problems and now jay-z's thatlks liked. there's been a lot of controversy over whether or not the president has also been reaching out to republicans. the president, he himself, called it the charm offensive and he noted how popular the first lady is. so he suggested doing something aittle different. checkout, wolf. >> i understand second term, need a burst of new energy, try some new things. and then my teamnd i talked about it. we were willing to try anything. so we borrowed one of michelle's tricks. [ laughter ] i thought this looked pretty good. >> wolf, he might look good with know. this is called as you know essentially the nerd prom, attracts celebrities as well. had a chance to catch up with some of them. one of the hottest series on tv, scandal, the star of the president's favorite tv show, this is homeland. he plays aterrorist, you might know. and chance to catch up with someone who's been in the news of course, he is a louisville basketball star kevin ware. he broke his leg during the ncaa basketball t

jay-z and beyonce were the stars. >> jay-z for president. >> jay-z may not be able to run for president because the right side would probably tear him down but -- >> why do you say that i say that? was that my outside voice? >> i think republicans would love jay-z. let me just say. >> let me tell you why he has the potential to make billions and billions and billions. i had a partner at the ad agency, russell simmons, what that allowed me to do, called budweis budweiser, because jay-z the superstar, he will continue to partner with tech companies, what not, he will end up with billions and billions. he will be one of the great business leaders of our time. >> to me, i think the story is in the symbolism, you have this modern american dream come to fruition. the question is, is he america's greatest new age businessman? >> no. come on, guys. let's -- he's not. >> you just built him up, now you're tearing him down. >> he's brilliant at what he does, but i don't think he will go down as america's greatest business -- >> he's certainly pop culture's greatest businessman. >> i think he's the greatest symbol about american pop culture but he's not america's greatest busine

jay-z spilled the beans. he says that he got the okay from the administration, in from the white house. we'll play jay-z, then jayravel. as you know. and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> so are you saying that he did not, the president did not have a conversation with jay-z? >> i'm saying that the white house and the president on down had nothing to do with anybody's travel to cuba. >> gretchen: who do you believe right now? brian's famous quote. "if i want to find out the truth behind the story, i do what i always do. look at the rap lyrics." the truth finally -- >> also, didn't you watch the super bowl halftime show? there were three ladies in destiny's child. >> brian: you're right. so confusing. then they blew out the power because they brought up too much electricity. it couldn't figure out vanilla ice for a while until i read his lyrics and then it snowballed. >> reporter: you have to collaborate. we're talking to folks in manhattan about what they think. many folks we caught up with say that this just proves the new lyrics from jay-z show the president does give preferential treatment to celeb

jay-z. buyer is but beyonce is a one-wd celebrity, like cher. that's hard to say i didn't know it was that beyonce. >> greta: jay carney said the president didn't have a conversation with jaybout this trip. did they have a discussion about another time or something. they say not over this trip. then you go to the lyrics, and in the lyrics he says he got white house clearance. he may have taken artistic license with it, sort of making that up, but he does in his song says he gets white house clearance. maybe these confused between what the white house and treasury is. people may be confused. certainly looks like a field trip as nor marco rubio describes it. >> yeah, absolutely. this song fascinates me, too, greta, because on one hand he's claiming to be the victim, that he's being persecuted in the united states, being criticized because he went over and used their -- the carter dollars to basically pay this oppressive regime, and, on the other hand, bragging about his close relationship with the administration, he has access, he can go there and do what he wants. it would have been amazing if he would have actually in this song, in this dis track to his critics, if he woul

jay's face that is priceless there. >>> "outfront" tonight, ari fleisher, can you imagine how jay felt? you're like oh, please. elsie kranderson also joins us. this made a top story. the headline is jay z raps about cuba trip. these two guys are friends. they've been building a friendship. jay z helped the president raise money for the white house. is jay z throwing the president under the bus here by implying that if their conversations about this came out, the president would be in trouble? >> no. it's a rap song. you know that upsets me most is this isn't one of jay z's best. he has done better story telling in the past. that is the only thing i'm most upset about. the fact that we're getting upset over what is referenced in a rap song perplexes me. in people want to look into jay z's lyrics and his entire chronology of songs, he talks about things like poverty, growing up poor. he talks about police brutality. he talks about being pulled over and driving while black. that's a whole bunch of things that jay z is talking about. so why we focus on this one throw away line in this mediocre rap song is beyond comprehension to me. >> it is an interesting line that he puts in there. and i

that. white house press secretary jay carney took sod questions about beyonce and jay-z's recent trip to cuba after jayased a rap today. i know the other day you said pressure ri was the one that cleared the trip. he suggested he got white house clearance and that he personally spoke with the president. i'll just quote, i turned havana into atlanta, boy from the hood, i got white house clearance, obama said, quote, chill, you gonna get me impeached. you don't need this expletive anyway, chill with me on the beach. >> i guess nothing rhymes with treasury. because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know. it's a song, donovan. the president did not communicate with jay-z over this trip. >> so what is the takeaway from all this, irin? >> the white house press corps is asking the tough questions so far as i can see. the president has a favorite jay-z lyric he likes, it's brush that dirt off your shoulder. thtion this is a tempest in a teapot. the idea there was some sort of conspiracy which some elected officials have suggested is silly. i mean, i have dealt with treasury to go to cuba. i

star's jay-z and his wife beyonce were criticized for lawmakers for visiting havana in the last few days. jay-z released that rap song in response. listen. ♪ >> the white house press secretary, jayi guess nothing rhymes with treachery. it's a song, donovan. the president did not communicate with jay-z over this trip. >> let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. joining us or cnn contributors, democratic strategist paul begala and anna navarrnavarro. what's going on here? >> as you know, wolf, in pop culture, nothing crosses my radar unless they do a diet with the great willy nelson. but i'm into snoop. jay-z has yet to do that. so i had to go to twitter. deann suggested i say the country has 99 problems, but jay-z isn't one. we have a cultural exchange there. it's good for artists to go to cuba. and good for cuban artists to come here. i think the right wing attacking jay-z for this is silly. >> and the treasury department has to sign off on these visits. a lot of americans go as tourists to cuba. do you have a problem with any of this? >> i frankly have a problem with the way he's reacted to it. look, wolf, havana is no atlanta. cuba's not cancun. it's not disneyla

jay carney was asked about the controversy and the song. and he weighed in. >> -- to beyonce and jay-z, jay-z released a rap today. i know the other day you said treasury was the one that clears those trips. he suggested that he got white house clearance and that he personally spoke with the president. i'll just quote "i turned havana into atlanta, boy from the hood i got white house clearance obama said "chill you're going to get me impeached" you don't need this explative anyway chill with me on the beach. >> i guess nothing rhymes with treasury. because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know. and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> so are you saying that he did not -- the president did not have a conversation with jay absolutely saying that the white house and the president on down had nothing to do with anybody's personal -- anybody's travel to cuba. that is something treasury handles. these are tough words to rhyme. it's a song, donovan, the president did not communicate with jay-z over this trip. >> that's the first time in all my years following the white house anybody has quoted a rap and asked the press secretary about it. >> i want to see the reporter and then he said -- i'm turning havana into beep beep. >> yeah. but they got into hot water -- jay-z got in hot water before. they were visiting, took pictures, he was sitting where the president normally sits. and the white house in a little bit of heat on that as well. we've seen there's clearly a relationship there and they wanted to know did they really speak. he says they didn't speak, but they do know each other. and of course beyonce very much involved in the white house as well. >> that was a moment right there hearing that reporter do

jay-z. >>tucker: did you hear the rap song by jay-z? >>alisyn: i couldn't get away from it yesterday. >>tucker: there's one place you could have gotten away from that jayent to detroit. >>clayton: there is no music in detroit anymore. >>tucker: music died in detroit along with all industry and hope. s most decimated city in america. they have a wildlife problem in detroit. coyotes. i'm not joking. i married a refugee from detroit. occasionally we fly over the city. >>clayton: i was in detroit a few weeks ago. a person of mine was saying you don't go to downtown detroit. you'll have one house that is there and side by side to another house completely burned out. >>alisyn: it's been that way for a long time. the question is why? what went wrong in detroit? here are some facts about detroit and what happened for the past 50 years. democrats have been in control of the city there for 50 years. it currently owes close to $14 billion. it is in the negative category there. the former mayor just convicted last month on many widespread corruption charges, including getting kickbacks. >>clayton: taking money and putting it towards his kid's schooling, taking mon