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Something which is now in jeopardy. today, trump said, if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people, the cuban-american people and the u.s. as a whole, i will terminate deal. trump is sending a clear signal that the future relationship with cuba is unknown. we do know the president-elect has held dozens of diplomatic calls with foreign leaders but doing so without guidance from the state department or u.s. intelligence officials. trump has attended only two intelligence briefings in the two weeks since election day. vice president-elect pence has received briefings nearly every day. asked about the report yesterday, trump s campaign manager kellyanne conway would not discuss how many briefings he s had but said this. so he is receiving classified intelligence briefings and the president-elect is also receiving information through his personal and on the phone meetings with over what s now 41 ....
In a strange coincidence today as cuba began its formal mourning period for fidel castro, there were scenes like this at several american airports. those are the pilots of american airlines flight holding u.s. and cuban flags marking the first day of regularly scheduled commercial flights from america to cuba since 1961. opening travel between the two nations is part of the diplomatic thaw initiated by president obama two years ago, something which is now in jeopardy. today, trump said, if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people, the cuban-american people and the u.s. as a whole, i will terminate deal. trump is sending a clear signal that the future relationship with cuba is unknown. we do know the president-elect has held dozens of diplomatic ....
You re looking right now at live images of thousands of people who are expected to pay respects at revolution plaza where his ashes will remain for the next two days. in havana, gabe gutierrez, talk to us about the scene. somber, surely? we just heard the 21-gun salute and we have been seeing people lined up here in revolution square throughout the morning. just being let in now. not only are they here to offer condolences but they re also signing a ledger pledging loyalty to the revolution. now, of course, this is a very emotional day in cuba for this iconic and controversial leader from around the world. we re in the period of nine days of official mourning here, and today, tomorrow as well, a large public memorial here, and then castro s ashes will be led by military escort throughout the countryside, and he s expected to be buried on sunday. ....
Now, if donald trump fulfills what he says he s going to do, tighten the relationship, i think this is going to hurt human rights. it s going to hurt travel of cuban americans back and forth to the island. it s going to hurt remittances. it s going to hurt tourism. people-to-people exchanges, which i think are healthy for the relationship. do you think that s what we ll get? if you look at the reaction immediately, president obama s was quite diplomatic, where he said history will let it play out. donald trump leading with fidel is dead, and gave a harsh statement. do you think we could see all of this reverse? who knows, because he tweeted it, because it s a strange thing to do. to tweet your negotiations with i mean, that s bizarre. let s just all agree, that s bizarre. so i have no idea. you know, if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people and the cuban-american people and the u.s. as a whole, i will terminate the deal. ....
Her answer yesterday,athi there personal thing where it s like, hey, look. i won. i did what they couldn t do. now their guy is going to get the plum job? not if i have anything to say about it. we re watching it play out. we probably shouldn t guess what s behind it, because so many of us, including me, we got it wrong. but they re pretty clever. thank you both very much. this just in. guess what? donald trump tweeted. quote, if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people, the cuban american people and the u.s. as a whole i will terminate the deal. there you go. you wondered what was going to happen to cuban-american relations with president-elect trump. he may have told you. we r gng to take you to cuba where a memorial for the legendary and controversial leader fidel castro is just getting under way. moment ago, a 21-gun salute kicked off this nine-day period of mourning following castro s death friday night. ....