we will go to havana to speak with former cuban diplomat carlos alzugaray treto. as a cuban who respect everything that is positive from the u.s. but does not want to return to the situation of subordination we had before 1959, i look forward to a normalization of relations. amy: then to khalil muhammad the director of the schomburg center for research in black culture on the condemnation of blackness race, crime, and the making of modern urban america. khalil: that does not go away. are they the collective unwillingness to confront the past? history, ultimately, is an essential tool of empowerment. it is a matter of life and death. amy: and then fast food workers in 230 cities are walking off of the job as part of the white for the fight for $15 campaign. a push for a $15 an hour minimum wage. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the senate foreign relations committee has approved a measur
amy: days after a historic meeting with raul castro president obama announces plans to remove cuba from a u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism clearing a main obstacle to restoring diplomatic relations with havana for the first time in a half century. we will go to havana to speak with former cuban diplomat carlos alzugaray treto. as a cuban who respect everything that is positive from the u.s. but does not want to return to the situation of subordination we had before 1959, i look forward to a normalization of relations. amy: then to khalil muhammad the director of the schomburg center for research in black culture on the condemnation of blackness race, crime, and the making of modern urban america. khalil: that does not go away. are they the collective unwillingness to confront the past? history, ultimately, is an essential tool of empowerment. it is a matter of life and death. amy: and then fast food workers in 230 cities are walking off of the job as part of the
the strikes and the training that we are providing to this eerie and rebels is not a strategy over the long term that s going to succeed. there needs to be more. i would like to see, but i think the american public deserves is a congress airing on this debate so that we know what we are going to be doing before we do it. ever since the iraq he war started, we have much more coming out of the executive branch and congress has taken a backseat and i feel like there is less accountability as it relates to foreign policy. no matter what side you come down alternately on the vote, the american public deserves to hear what we are doing and before we do it. this is not only a long-term investment militarily but when the troops come home we have to care for them and we need to look at this with a clear lens. when we first went to iraq we we had the lowest members of the veterans in congress ever and you have to wonder how he made all of these blunders. i think that we need a vetera
deliberate action? for more now, going to cig melvin in arizona just outside of phoenix. how did he address this going into the super bowl about the under inflated footballs. the news conference is still going on so he could get more questions. he said the investigation is still ongoing and he did not want to engage in speculation to risk in any way, shape or form hampering the investigation. he spoke about ted wells, heading up the deflate-gate investigation. and ted wells also the same man who led the investigation into the bullying involving the miami dolphins and a side note a classmate of clarence tommins, representing scooter libby, former chief of staff to cheney. but a lot of folks thought this was something that would be done quickly. that this was something the league might be able to put behind itself ahead of the big game on sunday. that is not the case obviously. and at this point, really no timetable on when that investigation will be complete. and also whet
you re looking at live pictures from paris as world leaders talk about a vote which is imminent, we believe, on a climate deal, something they re saying is an ambitious agreement that will replace the kyoto accord and we re helping to expect with secretary john kerry as well once this vote is processed and possibly finished at the end of the day. what is it is the big question. it s called the change that would define the century. what s important here are the details. what s inside this agreement? is this something that should happen? or is this something that shall happen? because that then relates a require of the 195 countries plus the european union to do what has been decided here. of course in the u.s. that comes done to will this need, will this get congressional approval? all things important to discuss. but to back up and take a look at the world s nations, the final day of this two-week conference coming to this deal, we will of course hear the specifics in j