you mentioned the united states invaded cuba in the 19th century. they sponsored cuba in 1961 and there has been terrorism directed against cuba by cuban american terrorists protected in miami. there has been allegations of biological warfare. there's a blockade. there's a territory of guantanamo since the united states has maintained since 1903 against the wishes of the cuban government or the cuban people. the united states talks about violations of human rights. in cuba good process has not been based in guantanamo and there has been allegations of torture, by the united states government and not by cuba. when cuba is hesitant about accepting the new thaw in relations, and saying everything is great, and they are cautious about it they have reasons to think that. >> is jose right, it the united states case undermined by what has gone on at guantanamo. when the secretary of state, when an n.g.o. presumes to talk to cubans about the state of human rights in their country? as an american i have to tell you we did ourselves no favors by what we have d

cuba. >> reporter: it ended with a deal the missile sites would be dismantled if the united states pledged not to invadeuba. cuban exiles poured into south florida. they hated castro. their political power in the u.s. meant no american president dared cross the hard line they crew on cuba policy. until now. in secret talks brokered by pope francis, president obama secured the lease of american alan gross imprisoned in cuba for five years. >> welcome home alan. [ applause ] >> reporter: in exchange mr. obama agreed to return the remaining members of the cuban five. suddenly after 56 years the time was right for change. >> now we have arrived at the moment that will be barack obama's legacy. there is still a long road towards normal overall relations, but we have arrived at a milestone today. >> mike five decades of contentious history, and then within months we arrive at this point. >> reporter: yeah. >> a handful of republicans have expressed concern over these renewed relations. why is that? >> reporter: this one of those tipping point issues where the dam suddenly bursts. even cuban americans who have

cuba. >> a discovery touched off the cuban missile crisis. two weeks on the brink of nuclear annihilation ending with a deal - the missile sites would be dismantled if united states did not invade cuba. cuban exiles pureed into california, halting castro and moves to take their assets. no american president dared cross the hard line they drew on cuban policy - until now. in secret talks brokered by pope francis, president obama secured the release of american growth imprisoned in cuba for five years. >> welcome home we are glad you are here. >> in change president obama agreed to return the three remaining members of the cuban five, a band of convicted spies. suddenly, after 56 years the time was right for change. now we have arrived at the moment, that will be president obama's legacy the restore nation of normal diplomatic nations. there's a long road towards normal overall relations, but we have arrived at a milestone today >>> still to come all the latest from wimbledon, with the biggest names in >>> robin is here we know what that means let's catch up on the football. >> there's plenty to go. argentina are a win away from lifting the copa america for the first time since 1

the missile sites would be dismantled, if the united states pledged not to invade cuba. exiles pored into south florida. they hated castro and his move to nationallize many privately assets. in secret talks brokered by pope francis, president obama secured the release of alan gross imprisoned in cuban for five years. >> welcome home alan. >> reporter: in exchange mr. obamacare obamacare agreed to return the three remaining members of the cuban five. suddenly after 56 years, the time was right for change. >> now we have arrived at the moment that will be barack obama's legacy. the actual restoration of normal diplomatic relations. there's still a long road towards normal overall relations, but we have arrived at a milestone today. >>> robert -- valencia said reforcing relations with cuba was a necessary move. >> the united states came to realize you could not carry on with policies for 54 years that really haven't done anything to stop the cuban revolution as they say. first of all, i think you have to see the influence of venezuela in the region. the united states has lo

the more sinister reason that eisenhower broke relations was because the united states was preparing to invade cubae bay of pigs. fidel castro had his intelligence agents in central america reporting on his preparations and decided he wasn't going to let the u.s. the be a nest of spies, as he put it, and he was going to tell the u.s. they had to remove i think 70% of the embassy personnel cut the embassy way down, so would not be a center of this espionage and preparations for the attack. eisenhower seized the opportunity of fidel expel in all of these people who were in fact working to overthrow the cuban government. he seized that opportunity as a public relations kind of hook to say, well, we can't take this insult, we're just going to break relations with cuba. rings have changed in the 54 years since. and now the real work against, i think, to action normalize overall relations beyond just diplomatic relations. amy: let's be clear, the embargo has not been lifted and that would have to go through congress. is that right? is there any other way? >> the president has a great deal of authority to

would you agree with the fact that cuba is no longer a security threat to the united states quick yes or no? >> i do not know. i would say that cuba is not planning to invademilitary threat. so the bottom line is, the u.s. has diplomatic relations with many countries around the world who have questionable human rights why should it be any different? >> i think it's good that they have relations that the united states decides, the fact is that diplomatic relations shouldn't be only with a regime with a person that has never been elected by the cuban people. they should at least pressure the cuban government to democratize the country. castro, the castro regime is not ashamed at all to castrofy the area. >> it's a good voice to hear. we appreciate your opinions. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >>> it took an extra day and a playoff round, but american zack johnson came out on top at golf's british open. >> at the close of regular play, johnson was in a three-way tie at 15 under par. he finished 1 under par. >> i do better on bicycles. >> tour de france is going on, did you know that? >> of course. >> they're taking a break on tuesday. >> i am record