in between the cuban community. the older community do not take this news with open arms. they believe that this is the wrong idea, they believe this is the wrong move by the obama administration, and they believe that this is one more political move. however, some of the younger generation think that you know what, enough is enough. its been 61 years of the emba o embargo, and we, this is a possibility to change. we have been going through this, the younger generation, we have been going through this, it has not worked. so this is right now the mood here in little havana. obviously a big moment and a very personal one for so many families there. thank you for that update. we have new video right now of alan gross chofs just in his lawyer s office, i believe you re looking at that right now just moments ago. obviously he is looking to be in okay condition. we may learn more about his condition in his press
embargo has not worked, but in order to get rid of the trade embargo, you have to go to congress because of what is called a helms burton act which happened after the downing of those airplanes. so, mine, not minor, but human rights initiatives can take place like easier travel through and from cuba remittances of cuban americans and cuban s money going back and forth to cuba, travel by coup bans and cuban americans. and hopefully some human rights initiatives and improvement in cuba of human rights treatments of disdense. i m in spain now so i haven t seen all the details about what cuba is going to do to advance the u.s./cuba relationship. ambassador, we to want get more of your thoughts if you re able to stay, we would love you to. we re going to take a quick break and hope to get you to the other side of the break. appreciate it. rescued.
get him on the vatican pipeline to speak for human rights and humanitarian releases. well, we got a new pope, he put it in the pipeline and whatever pipeline pope francis has to whatever higher power and whatever power president obama could use, we now have alan gross home. it is a great day, alan is now with his wife judy, they ll be at home, recuperating and receiving medical evaluations. we re going to be able to work with him and while alan is recovering, we will be moving on to new policy days in the future to normalize diplomatic travel and other relationships with cuba. i look forward to supporting the president in that endeavor. i do think it s time, and now it s time for senator carden. let me thank the senator for the successful strategies of
that. so today s the day to celebrate, celebrate that alan gross is home and celebrate that we re moving towards normal relations with cuba. and the work that went through points out to me that when you re fighting for human rights, you can t be quiet about it. and the senator led several efforts at times when we had the ear of people that could do something about it, whether it was u.s. officials or whether it was cuban officials or whether it was from the vatican, and made it clear, and we all made it clear that this case had to be addressed. and alan gross had to be released. so, the strategy of letters, the strategies of resolutions, the strategies of conversation all are critically important to make sure those who are unjustly treated that justice prevails. and yes, i am pleased that we re moving towards a better relationship with cuba. those are two senators,
so there are, there are direct benefits to the united states, but i think the long-term benefits of a better relationship between cuba and the united states is critically important to us. as the president rightly pointed out, we have diplomatic relations with china and vietnam. we need to be able to deal with countries in our own hemisphere in a way that s better in our national security interests. senator carden, a major voice, congratulations to you on a break through on something you have fought for for years. and everybody at home, please stay with us, we will have the live remarks coming up from alan gross at this major turning point in our hemisphere. we ll be right back. earlyfit latefit risefit fallfit ballfit wallfit pingfit pongfit pingfit pongfit rowfit throwfit slowfit olliefit oopsfit otisfit thiswayfit thatwayfit daddyfit pappyfit datefit weightfit goalfit gooooooalfit stepfit stairfit smartfit heartfit spinfit