. welcome back to "hardball." two historic developments tonight. president obama has informed congress that he is dropping cuba from a designation of terrorism that's been in place for 30 years. the decision comes as marco rubio and ted cruz, both of whom are cuban americans in the senate have aggressively lobbied against it to normal lies relations with cuba. rubio called them, quote, willfully ignorant. >> the decision made by the white house is a terrible one but not surprising unfortunately. they should have remained on the list and i think sends a chilling message that this white house is no longer serious about calling terrorism by its proper name.