by. and we ll have greater travel. not open travel but greater travel. and so i think this is an evolution and the president has done what he can within the fact that we do have an embargo and that s legislative. all right. secretary penny pritzker thank you so much. great to have you on the show. can i ask her a quick question. understand why for obama, for kerry, for this country it s a great move. it s counter intuitive castro would be doing this at this point. what s in it at him. an 85-year-old guy who led his life a certain way, his legacy, what s the point for him. the cubans have been relying on russian subsidies and then venezuela. that s not working. that will end sooner than later. you have a whole generation that s frustrated. if it were all or nothing i think they were worried they would lose control and almost like russia. so what they are shoepg by
war. the groundbreaking developments began with yesterday s prisoner swap. cuba released american aide worker alan gross imprisoned for five years along with an unnamed intelligence agent who spent the last 20 years in a cuban president. in return the u.s. released three cuban spies the last of the cuban five detained in 1990. the president s plans are sweeping. they include re-opening the u.s. embassy in havana. reviewing cuba s deis ination as state sponsor of terror and easing travel and expanding economic ties. the president hopes to expand cultural activities and looks forward to engage congress in lifting the long standing embargo. under the president s plans americans who travel to cuba will also be able to bring back $400 worth of goods including a $100 limit for alcohol and tobacco. donny very excited about that.
travel, those are real opportunities. madam secretary, soledad o brien is back at msnbc. she has a question for you. many cubans were cheering this announcement literally on the streets of dissidents say it could hurt their argument. will the business case steam roll the human rights cases and conversations. internet for everybody that s good let s not talk about human rights abuse. absolutely not. the president is going to the summit of the americas and said human rights and democracy will remain themes for the meeting. we re not backing off on human rights and our demographic efforts there in cuba. this is about giving cuban people more tools and more access to information as well as i said besides telecommunications agricultural products will be easier to come