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Built for business. bill: senator marco rubio, slamming president obama s decision and handling of the exchange with cuba. american alan gross is free this pop with cuban prisoners. here s what marco rubio says about the presidents negotiating ability. the cubans ha particularly venezuelan government. we are lifting sanctions on them, how absurd is that? how all these tyrants around the world of the u.s. can be had, pretty easy deal at a minimum barack obama is the worst ago shooter as we have had president since at least jimmy carter and maybe the modern history of the country. bill: that was a moment ago. alan colmes joining us. gentlemen, thank you for being patient. ....
Not likely be able to get overall for the u.s. to abandon the policy would be a big item for the president and congress especially republican congress that the president could direct the treasury department to stop enforcing it because the treasury department is the key because the ban is not on many states, it is on cuba and u.s. money going to cuba so they can use it to prop up the fallen regime. that he has options. bill: when you look at the choices this president has in front of him, the master of children that occurred yesterday morning, you look at what is going on in iran for the nuclear weapons discussion, we have serious, serious foreign-policy issues on the table. other than the release of alan gross, whichever but he is happy about, it becomes why this now, why? ....
Trading the american for convicted criminal is extremely dangerous precedents. he says the actions on cuba vindicates the brutal behavior of the cuban government, so what about the united states charting new ground? senator marco rubio from florida is with me now. his parents fled cuba in the 1950s immigrating to the u.s. as fidel castro began his rise to power. thank you for your time. your reaction and what we expect today. first of all obviously we are glad mr. gross is back with his family, he never did anything wrong, he was not a spy, he was not a criminal, he was a hostage. it is unfortunate they held him for five years and almost killed him in captivity. i think it does set some very dangerous precedents and ....
Home, but the optics of a trader to people who are actual spies, targeting southern command and spying for a foreign government is somewhat troubling. martha: if concessions are to be made one might think that would have been an appropriate negotiating tool to get mr. gross back. the u.s. government, it s heartening how much we do pay attention to our citizens who are held abroad. but we are a government with interests and we have to defend the united states. despite the fact of its relative size and intense poverty as a result of this government system, cuba causes very serious problems and does things that are dangerous for the united states and in the united states. we have to keep that in mind first and foremost. look at the track record. does diplomatic engagement lead ....
Were that alan gross had been transferred for medical reasons to a military hospital and the word was he might be put on a plane early this morning and returned to the united states. as the white house confirmed around 9:00 a.m. this morning eastern time, that in fact happened. also breaking three remaining cubans convicted of espionage for spying or trying to infiltrate the anticastro-cuban community in south florida but also u.s. southern command headquarters in miami prime minister. the remaining three in federal prison have been released. so it sounds like this is the prisoner swap that was the big holdup trying to get the u.s. state department and the cuban government from coming to some sort of middle ground to resolve at situation of alan gross. ....