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elizabeth: congresswoman maria salazar, great to see you. come back soon.ar you loud and clear we hope the people of cuba here you as well, let's bring in kt mcfarland. it is always great to have you back on its interesting how the republicans are calling of the white house saying gotta get internet service to cuba but the white houses focus instead on censored disinformation about vaccines. what's going on here. >> here what i think is really happening, the far left of the democrat party, hand full of people in congress, the biden of administration needs them to push through their very radical remaking of an american economy in american society, they need the couple of people and they love cuba, they are communist and they think cuba is a government, the biden administration cannot alienate a handful of people in the way that they innately get them is just as important, democratic demonstrations of the street, this is during the cold war when the berlin wall came down this is if the united states is going to side with the communist government and not peopl

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we have with us here maria salazar, republican congressman and also ambassador robert o'brien.st to little havana in miami. hi, phil. >> hi, martha. now that the rains stopped and the sun is back out, more cuban americans have shown up here at cafe versilles where demonstrations always take place. a lot of people are driving but. the few dozen people have gathered here, as you can hear, honking their horns to support. last night right here, it was a lot more crowded. people showing solidarity with their people on the island of cuba. about 1,000 people protested in cities on the caribbean island. the largest defy of the government there in decades. in cuba, this kind of behavior can get you in to jail. these people have had enough of long-time foot shortages and a horrible economic situation, which has lasted for decades. they called for government change blaming it also for a dismal coronavirus response. the white house released this statement this morning. the cuban people have bravely asserted universal rights. the united states calls on the cuban regime to hear their people

congresswoman maria salazar. i saw some of the footage, it was fantastic group of people.es again who have been displaced such a beautiful country. what is the message today in front of the white house and do you think the biden administration has any intention of taking any of it seriously? >> well, we certainly hope that he does. and the message is very clear. we need two things right now. urgently. we need leadership and connectivity. leadership, we would like president biden to be the leader in the world and rally the international support and as for those people that trade with cuba, canada, mexico, the europeans and the rest of latin america, to join forces with him and denounce the cuban regime. that's the number one. that's easy. that doesn't cost any money. it's just political willingness and the second one is internet. we need internet. and i want to explain to you why. while you are showing those images, while we were at the white house in cuba thousands of people went out on the street again because they saw us on the other side of the island rallying for them.

maria salazar is with us. seems to me nothing has happened with cuba. a chance for real freedom for the people of cuba. >> thank you for the opportunity and sorry i'm in this little room in the capital, didn't want to miss the opportunity to talk to you. i just came from a markup saying where is cuba? it is unthinkable. all we are asking from the biden administration or two things that don't cost any money and he doesn't have to come to congress to ask for permission. connectivity and leadership. leadership for him to rally the resident of the united states, to rally the international community and to say to them the cuban regime, demand they will not -- sorry. not choose against the cuban people in the other one is turn on the internet. the internet. the internet is going to do with the cubans need. they will not feel alone and be able to communicate themselves and they will determine another demonstration. and that gives them the instruments for the facility from to determine what to do with their lives but if they feel they do not have the united sta

joining me congresswoman maria salazar of florida, she sits on house foreign affairs committee, daughterexiles welcome to you congresswoman. >> thank you very much, your words are words of wisdom, i was also very lucky i won that same lottery by being born here thanks to my grandparents and parents who made that ultimate sacrifice in coming to united states in search of freedom, bravo to your words, i agree fully, like you say, you need to go abroad, see what happens outside and travel so you will have a point of reference. you will know what this america is all about, you say people who are risking their lives, i was a news reporter many years before i won my seat in congress, i interviewed family after family, people who lost relatives, eaten by the sharks in florida straits because they tried to make the trek from havana to miami. >> congresswoman, one country i have not been to is cuba, i yo to tell me what life is like under castro rule. >> the most cruel, the most evil revolution that the americas has seen since the arrival of christopher columbus, no one has been able to be cruele

thanks very much for staying on maria salazar joining us this morning in florida.olisar ] summ ♪ me and you justind, singing on the train ♪ ♪ me and you listening to the rain ♪ ♪ me and you we are the same ♪ ♪ me and you have all the fame we need ♪ ♪ indeed, you and me are we ♪ ♪ me and you singing in the park ♪ ♪ me and you, we're waiting for the dark ♪ maria: welcome back congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is no i threatening to tank the bipartisan infrastructure detail, if she doesn't get her other deal she says progressives will the get in the way if senate democrats do not pass the massive 3 1/2 trillion-dollar package via reconciliation that package includes much higher taxes spending patrice, pretty much -- threatening everybody. do this or don't or not doing that. >> she is trying to flex her muscles progressives far left wing trying to prove they have power to stop anything not what it is that they want, they want childcare, they want you know the climate change, they want immigration reform what they consider that to be, and so, i think the question t

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maria salazar is kind enough to join us. thanks for taking the time. on the table but how will it get there? >> the first thing that we need to think about is the aid. we've been helping people for years. $5 billion in remittances every year arrive to the island of cuba from people like the constituents that i serve in congress. >> neil: does it get to the right people? >> it gets to -- well, you know, it gets some of -- some of the money gets to the families that are receiving it. the cuban government takes a big chunk of the money. not only that, cuba is the number 1 buyer of poultry and chicken from the united states. if you're asking if there's an embargo, there's a lot of help that we have been sending throughout the years. right now the big challenge that we have and the number 1 help that the united states is give to the cubans is internet. now they lost their fear. if they know that the united states is watching. remember that cuba has had the most evil revolution since the a rival of christopher columbus in this hemisphere. we're talking about

steve: maria elvira salazar, thank you for joining us. thankthank you ma'am. >> yes. east coast and actually all along the east coast and parts of florida, the gulf coast, that's where we can see the potential for showers and thunderstorms. we're not talking about a big old storm, but certainly, you know, pay attention to your local are forecast. look at the severe threat through this evening from the high plains to the midwest, across the northeast and even the desert southwest where when you get a lot of rain in a short period of time across the desert southwest, that's going to cause some flash flooding. we're in the monsoon season right now. we like no make sure we're helping the drought, but unfortunately, it does bring the potential for flash flooding and dangerous conditions. keep that in mind. and then for denver, colorado, we've got a big old game tonight, the american league versus the national league, our friend carley shimkus will be reporting there. 80 degrees tonight at 7 p.m. that's mountain time for them. no rain in the forecast, which is good news. al

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