My name is frank mora, the director of the kimberly green Latin American Caribbean Center here at Florida International university. We are, for our friends in cspan, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of Florida International university here in miami. We have another campus in west dade. The center that i direct is one of the institutes and programs or centers at the steven j. Green school of public and international affairs, again at Florida International university. Were just absolutely delighted to be hosting or cohosting this event. I want to thank our dean here, the dean of the Chaplin School of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. Thank you, dean, for supporting this. And this is a great event to have here on your campus, right . Also i want to thank another cohost, the Cuban Research institute. The director is here with us today and will be joining the panel in a second. A little bit about why were here and how we got here. Last year, the Brookings Insti
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At 12 45, dallas fed president Robert Kaplan speaks. At 1 10, President Trump will be in miami to discuss changes he is making on the u. S. Restrictions to travel to cuba. He is tapping off quite a week for his administration. Here is kevin cirilli. I do not know where to start, cabinet. Why dont we start with the investigations . What is the latest . Should we be focused on it quite as much as we are . Kevin the white house will say no and a democrats will say yes and i think that answers lie in the middle. Isht now, the administration pushing back hard against the notion that a shoe is about to drop in terms of the investigation with the russian probe and they feel adamant there is not enough evidence for that part the president s personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz , is pushing back. There are allegations. The fact of the matter is until the investigation and the probes are put forward and made public month they will keep having these types of problems. Keep havinghey will these types
We also work in hightech and national security. Host but stick a look at President Trump when he was in poland on thursday. And the message she had for russia. President trump we urge russia to stop is destabilizing activities and support for hostile regimes, including serious and a run. And to join a community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization itself. Host do you think the meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin overshadowed Everything Else that was going on at the summit this weekend . Certainly was it a headline of the summit. It was longawaited. I think President Trumps speech in poland did a good job of setting the tone for that meeting by putting putin on notice to actions in syria and ukraine were on the agenda. Polandn that speech in the president struck a very nationalist tone. He talked about western civilization and any to defend that. Sort of like his inauguration speech. After his last trip to europe did no
We also work in hightech and national security. Host but stick a look at President Trump when he was in poland on thursday. And the message she had for russia. President trump we urge russia to stop is destabilizing activities and support for hostile regimes, including serious and a run. And to join a community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization itself. Host do you think the meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin overshadowed Everything Else that was going on at the summit this weekend . Certainly was it a headline of the summit. It was longawaited. I think President Trumps speech in poland did a good job of setting the tone for that meeting by putting putin on notice to actions in syria and ukraine were on the agenda. Polandn that speech in the president struck a very nationalist tone. He talked about western civilization and any to defend that. Sort of like his inauguration speech. After his last trip to europe did no