practices that are not democratic? yes. who are going to change these things? clearly, it s not going to be presidents in the united states and it s not going to be the castro brothers. what it is going to be is the american people and the cuban people and i don t know how it happened, but the people in cuba love americans and americans love cubans and no matter what they say, they have we are out of time on this one, but i have to thank congressman charlie rangel. i m sorry, we are fresh out of time here. but thank you for being here this morning. the latest developments on the two nypd officers. we ll have more on that next. and the end of an era on capitol hill. music
other. and not about some heaven. the only good thing he s done is kill himself so we don t have to go through this whole mess again. it s a terrible thing that happened and most new yorkers, most human beings know this is wrong, it s wrong and wrong and wrong and it deserves more than policemen turning their back on the mayor of the city of new york. eugene o donnell, i want to thank you for joining us. and congressman rangel you ll be back in a few moments to talk about cuba. president obama delivers change on cuba. can congress keep him from going big? the congressman will be back to continue the discussion with us next. (vo) nourished. rescued.
cuban people are part of the terrorism that s taking place in the middle east? i think not. i think america thinks that, i think the president thinks not, and so, we collectively have to decide how we are going to handle terrorism, and there s no way in the world that you re going to say that cuba is a terrorist government. congressman rangel, thank you for the update, we appreciate your time. thank you. reminder that american freed after five years of captivity in cuban, alan gross will be holding a live news conference, around 1:30. live picture there, we will bring it to you as soon as we can. but first stick around right now. we are going to look at the economic underpinnings of this deal. cnbc s brian sullivan next while plummeting oil prices are a part of the picture. don t go away.
telephone conversation, which i had yesterday with president barack obama, we have been able to make headway in the solution of some topics of interest to both nations. i want to get a bit more of that political reaction right now. new york congressman charlie rangel is in cuba right now. thank you so much, congressman. what is this harolded for the relationship with cuba. how significant is this shift? this is a tremendous, historic event, the people in havana are dancing in the street with glee, there s always been a love between the cuban people and the american people, notwithstanding the problems that our governments have had. this is exciting, not just for america, but it s exciting for south america and central america, we re the only country
medical information, it s just the plus for both of our great countries, and i am just so proud that the president s taking this. once the doors of communications are over, the american people will be hurried, and of course, in this land of ours, those people who disagree will have a platform, but they won t have the vote. and, congressman rangel, there was a time after katrina when the bush administration refused cuba s help to try to clean up the gulf. now, post the obama administration during ebola, cuban doctors and medical teams in africa were trying to help ebola patients, but couldn t get supplies because they needed to use cash. they couldn t use credit because of the restrictions. so are these the kinds of things that will now be possible? you re so right. it was so embarrassing to see the position taken by the united