with those migs, whether you viewed it as provocation from miami or unconscionable shootdown of civilian aircraft that did cross into cuban airspace, whatever that did it changed the whole political dynamic. and once bill clinton signed that law you could argue that that s what castro wanted that he was trying to sabotage. wanted exactly. that s right. always been a part of this story that s not been told well enough. i know you ve done i think when we look back on this that was a deliberate sabotage of what was about to, i think, be an opening. indeed. thanks so much chuck. i know you re going to have a lot more on this on meet the press as well. i m joined here by alan gomez from usa today and also ann gear ran gearan from the washington post. the sentiment is changing. we are seeing the pew poll 59% of republicans want the embargo lifted. none of the republican candidates are going to endorse
it s those trust worthy numbers that give some people pause. anne gearan alan gomez and chuck todd. tonight lester holt will sit down with jeb bush for an exclusive interview done right after he gave his big speech to the urban league earlier not far from here in ft. lauderdale. up next message in a bottle. what can you discover that washed ashore tell investigators in the search for mh-370. we ll have much more from miami with more evidence of the changing tides here in florida. you re watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. by definition, insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different outcome. it s been a lot of the years of the same. is this is what it s going to take for something different, i m for it. i don t think the embargo was very effective in the first place. it s more of an annoyance than anything. definitely the best way to re-establish a democracy is through capitalism. just get americans and
i would keep sanctions. i would, as president, i would sort of have a sensible reasonable middle of the road policy toward cuba is what she was trying to articulate. it was not a barn burner. but she also acknowledged the presence of one of the ladies in white, you know who have been leading the sunday protests in havana, alan. she acknowledged that there is resistance and she talked about the human rights issues as well. yes. she mentioned as mariam the husband was one of the original in 2003 one of the original group of dissidents and journalists rounded up by the castro regime. i spoke to her before today s speech and she was talking about the idea that yes, this has been a long time coming that the people who are actually suffering the most are the cuban people, not necessarily the government down there. and she said that instead of she said that in cuba the conversation isn t so much what our politicians are talking about, it s a focus on the cuban government to go i ahead a
family. i met with them on wednesday. obviously they re going through a traumatic time and i just want to express my heartfelt sympathy to them. the coast guard dedicates its best efforts to every search and rescue case. but this one was particularly painful because a lot of the people that were out there searching have kids about the same age. i have a 14-year-old and a 13-year-old. so the decision to suspend was excruciating and gut wrenching for me personally. we made a decision to extend our search efforts because there were some uncertainty as to when the boys may have went into the water. from friday when they left jupiter to sunday when we found that capsized boat. we also took into account their age and their combined will to live. we never discount that. i do want to highlight that this was a true all-hands-on deck effort between the coast guard, our brethren in the department of homeland security department of defense, our state and local partners, as well as the go