i hope that they finish this for cuba. 60 years is too much. i spoke with many sources there on the ground in cuba. i used to live in cuba where fidel castro was still in power, and frankly they said they have never seen anything like this, but they re still skeptical on whether or not this problem can be explored. they are e seeing as we mentioned earlier they shut down the internet. the question is when. can it actually happen in a sustained capacity right now. and one of the most interesting things said to me yesterday is the question about whether or not the pandemic inadvertently forced a change that the embargo could not and did not accomplish. people were so upset because they could not get food,
just two pills for all day pain relief. aleve it, and see what s possible. welcome back. president biden is holding a meeting discussing a nationwide rise with violent crime and his attorney general merrick garland and other law enforcement and he delivered some remarks at the toch meeting. let s bring in shannon pettypiece at the white house and we are waiting for a printout, but we have reports from inside of the room, and what the latest? well, he didn t take any question, but he did use a point to address some situations in cuba and haiti. on cuba, he called these remarkable protests, and he said that the u.s. stands with the people of cuba, and he is
that. that s their decision. so this is just an effort to avoid their own incompetence, their own inability to do things in washington and in a presidential manner and i think the american people see through it. well, that s the final big question i wanted to ask you. it s often referenced that donald trump seems to roll back anything he can that obama did. part of that is really rolling back a lot of what you and secretary clinton did in u.s. diplomacy. as you mentioned on iran, on china, on cuba, north korea going i suppose in a different direction, tbd, and then of course these trade wars plus paris and the environment. it s a long list, sir. so i would ask you, what do you think is the most concerning or dangerous approach that he s taking abroad? and is there anything as we talk about bipartisanship, is there anything you ve seen donald trump do on the world stage that you can get behind? i think the general challenge
that. but does a decision like this, does it make the law work less better? is that a good thing to do at this moment since congress couldn t come up with a replacement? well, i think you re asking the wrong person. i did not agree with the health care law. i didn t agree with any aspect of it. so i just assume not have it. so having said that, what we say is governors are best to handle their people themselves with their budgets themselves in the way that s best appropriate. what we ve said is the federal government can t fix these things. and so i think that what we saw was action from the president. that s what every governor wanted to see. i think you ll see every governor step up and do what s in the best interest of their people. finally back to your ambassador hat on. on cuba, steve of staff john kelly at the podium, he was asked about what s been happening to american diplomats in cuba. he had a very sort of cryptic response on who s behind it. he said we believe that the
of callers that i received in my personal interactions by people who say he s right, it is noise. so there s such a division in the country on this. on cuba, i know you, sir, have been in cuba and you have dined with fidel castro. he s trying to roll back the obama policy with cuba but it s a bit of a roll back. it s not the full-throated roll back. still, you totally disagree with what he s doing? i totally do. he s throwing a bone to the base in miami that was supportive of him. the older cubans, because there s a divide on this issue, i find fidel castro s behavior abhorrent. how do you get rid of us a vestiges of communism and i think the way is to normalize relations and give them a taste