Im alex witt here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Here is whats happening. Split reactions. Its day two of National Mourning in cuba after the death of fidel castro. In the u. S. , a different take on what this means. Some criticisms aimed at the statement of condolences from president obama. For a man who torture and murdered and oppressed for so many, its thankful he is no longer with us. This ought to be a moment where cubans are dancing in the street because they are being liberated. Instead, if you dance in the street, you are going to be thrown in jail. There are thousands upon thousands of people who suffered brutally under the castro regime. He executed people. He jailed people for 20 to 30 years. The florida straits, there are thousands of people who lost their lives fleeing. Not to acknowledge any of that in the statement i felt was pathetic. We have reports from miami, florida, to the cuban island. We will begin in miamis Little Havana. The crowds are gathering for
The most delegates is denied the nomination. I dont know whats going to happen. But ill say this. You will have a lot of unhappy people. For the republicans to disenfranchise all those people, if that happens, they are not voting and the republicans lose. Will you tell your supporters not to riot if you dont win the Convention Fair and square . I would certainly tell them that. But they want to see positive things for our country. I dont want to see riots. Bill do the basic facts on this meeting today. Whats it all about . After a couple rowdy rallies in arizona which votes tomorrow, trump is coming to washington, doing a lot of president ial things. He will be meeting with some lawmakers. We dont have a good list of who they are. There are reports senator tom cotton will be there. We know senator Jeff Sessions who endorsed trump will be helping to organize this. But he will have this meeting with lawmakers and other officials. Then he will go to a press conference, then he will give a
Hostilities. This week the white house shared some of the new rules theyve been able to institute, like direct mail service to cuba for the first time in half a century. Including a letter from president obama himself to a 76yearold letter writer there. And an end to the requirement that cuban Baseball Players have to defect to the u. S. In order to sign with Major League Baseball teams. Something front and center when president obama and cuban president raul castro attend a baseball game together between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team scheduled for tuesday. But despite those changes lots of political issues remain unresolved, including the trade embargo which congress controls, the Guantanamo Bay detention center, also under congress purview and cubas oppression of political dissidents. Nbcs Chris Jansing joins me now from havana. Give us a sense of what the agenda will be for the president in cuba this week. You do have this sense of history ayman. When the president
Good evening, im demarco morgan. We begin our western edition of the broadcast with breaking news. The u. S. And russia, who have been fighting on opposite sides of the war in syria, are now on the verge of a deal to join forces. And potentially change the course of that long and brutal war. Margaret brennan is traveling with president obama at the g20 ing summit in china. Margaret . The u. S. And russia are near completing a groundbreaking deal that involves sharing military and intelligence cooperation in syria. Thats in exchange for russia agreeing to pressure syrian dictator assad to stop bombing seville gens and allow food aid to starving areas. This deal would mean that u. S. And russia would coordinate airstrikes against isis and alqaedalinked terrorists. Under the potential deal, assads own air force would be grounded, meaning no more bombing or Chemical Attacks on civilians and u. S. Backed rebels. In turn, food and medical aid deliveries will be allowed in to besiege cities l
Look at the politics of diversity in america. A debate reignited by Donald Trumps win. Conservatives have been accusing progressives of dividing americans. Focusing too much on race. Ethnicity, sexual orientation. They call it identity politics. What the American People voted for was the end of identity politics. Were not going to be fooled by people who dont want to play identity politics. I dont like identity politics, no matter who plays it. Let the left play identity politics. Thats their currency. Democrats play identity politics. They put people in groups, youre a woman, you care about this, youre hispanic, you care about that, youre africanamerican, you care about that. This idea has gained steam. A New York Times column made a big splash, even Bernie Sanders picked up the theme saying that to win elections, the left needs to move beyond, quote, identity politics. But, of course, there is an elephant in the room, during the campaign, there was a candidate who used ugly rhetoric