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house and senate. not clear if votes are there to everride a veto. if they try to pass legislation. forcing the president s hand. he would veto it. probably not enough votes to everride that. marco rubio would block any ambassador to cuba. so interesting to watch that process play out. the president is determined to put one there. wants to starve the administration of funding to open an embassy. what the administration said. and white house press secretary said today, andersen. there is already a u.s. intrasection in havana. people are there. the building is there. call an embassy. ambassador s residence the u.s. has maintained all this time still there in havana. what happens next? most americans can t book a trip and travel to cuba freely. that s right. embargo in place. travel ban in place. you need congress to overturn that. americans won t go to orbitz or travelocity and book a trip. still third party travel agents authorized by the federal
castro today thanking pope francis in their speeches, it underscores the significance of this and the influence of this pope. this pope wants to be a bridge builder. that s what the name pontiff means. he wants to build bridges between the u.s. and cuba, between israelis and palestinians. he wants to work for peace. which is, of course, an obligation of every christian to work for justice and peace in the world. that s what we re called by the gospel to do and the pope has a very unique position and opportunity to do this and this pope is going to do this. it s interesting when you look at the history of involvement with popes in cuba. pope john paul ii, 1988. pope benedict in 2012. do you think the fact that pope francis is the first latin american pope played a role in all of this? certainly, he was familiar with the issues coming from latin america. and i am sure his concern for
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 December 18, 2014 04:32:30 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
though, obviously fidel son his last legs but raul castro is in charge. it doesn t seem the transfer there was any weakening of the state, the central power. what makes you think even if raul castro was to go, the policies wouldn t continue? you know, i think, anderson, that the cuba regime, the castro regime is very fidel-centric. very castro-centric. when it disappears, i think it will weaken the government tremendously because so many people, it s the cult of fidel. the same way it was the cult of chavez and we have seen maduro is nowhere near as capable of keeping that government under control in venezuela and let s face it. raul castro is pretty elderly himself. they re both in their 80s. dan, how hard is it for president obama to move forward this? i mean, you have marco rubio saying he ll block funding for cuban embassy and hold up an ambassador role. i think it s important to disassociate those two things.