i think the president thinks not. and so we collectively have to decide how we are going to battle terrorism. and there's no way in the world that you're going to say that cuba is a terrorist government. >> that was new york congressman charlie rangel within the last hour on "ronan farrow daily" responding to a point of criticism of some americans on the policy change to terrorism, a point raised by house speaker john boehner which released the following statement. if anything, this emboldens all state sponsors of terrorism. they now have an even better idea of what the president meant when he once told russian leaders that he would have more flexibility after his re-election. we've seen this before and i fear we'll see it again, end quote. joining me now is california congresswoman karen bass, member of the house foreign affairs committee and a member of the congressional black caucus, in fact, the whip of the congressional black caucus. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me on. >> the criticism we've heard