joining me is lonnie chen. you served at ms mitt romney's advisor. he was president? lonnie: no. this is a total change in u.s. policy. unfortunately a change in the wrong direction. but you have is essentially what you have seen across many of the different foreign-policy challenges america's has face. we gave and the other side gets. i think you have a valid -- very similar theme here. alix: with your insight into the republican party, two other candidates senators mahout leaders agree? lonnie: most republicans are on the same page. there are some that have expressed an openness to dealing with cuba. i don't think the issue is whether we deal with cuba. it is the prerequisite. that is where the debate comes. president obama has says we're willing to drop our pressure points for a dialogue. a lot of republicans would say we have to keep pressure on in the hopes we can have a more rational discussion. alix: which is what we're seeing with the iran negotiations within congress. does this change if we get a republican president? lonnie: it could depend

research fellow at hoover and the director of domestic policy studies there at stanford university lonnie chen. in washington we've got senior political editor and white house correspondent for the "washington post," sam stein. with a very nice tidy jacket. >> which obviously belongs to him. >> he doesn't have class on fridays until 11:00. >> wa-wa-wa. >> i don't know. it might be a jacket. >>> let's begin this morning in the midwest where at least one person is dead after tornadoes tore through parts of illinois thursday. the pictures look how dramatic these pictures are. the damage extensive. this is one of the two twisters that touched down in northern illinois about 75 miles west of chicago. watch what happens next. >> look. debris. oh [ bleep ]. he's over. he's over. >> oh. >> go go! go! >> go is the operative word. the small town of fairdale was the hardest hit. tragically, 67-year-old woman was killed inside her home there. at least seven others were injured. officials say not one building in that community was spared by the tornado. here's what's left of a restaurant in the nearby city