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They feel that a better relationship with the u.s. means a better economy. so they welcome this flag here. jose. and gabe, very quickly, because the secretary told me that they re not being invited to the actual flag raising ceremony because of the small space. when the cubans opened their embassy in the united states, i believe it s even a smaller space. they brought in 500 guests, including musicians that are in favor of the cuban government, people who have been fighting for the cuban government s interests overseas for decades. this is a very small area. the secretary tells me that it s a very small area in havana. you re in front of it. paint the picture of just how large an area it is for us. you can see behind me, if you look right down here, this is where the flag pole is. you see the workers that are setting up the area right now for the event. it is in front of here the embassy. this used to be the u.s. intersection of course until july 20th. it had been that u.s. int
There that iran will come back and renegotiate. but that s not going to happen. why? nobody believes that will happen. why not? because the ayatollah will believe we can t be trusted. we will lose leverage on this and leverage across the board in the world. joining me now, mark ginsb g ginsberg. good morning. good morning, jose. let s talk about the thesis that the secretary is saying, whether you like it or not, once an agreement has been reached and it took years to get to this point it s not now the time to say, i don t like it and we should get a new one. indeed, jose. as much as there s been enormous criticism about the agreement and secretary kerry has certainly been one of the most vociferous proponents of it, it s very hard to argue with him
After 54 years of seeing zero progress, one of the things we negotiated is the ability of our diplomats to be able to meet with people in cuba. and not to be restrained. and i believe the people of cuba benefit by virtue of that presence and that ability. mauricio, director of u.s. cuba democracy pac, which opposes the castro regime. the secretary says he s going to walk through the streets of havana some time tomorrow, and whoever wants to talk to him and whoever wants to bring up whatever issue is free to do so. what could possibly be wrong with that? yeah, well, the fact is that old havana is run by a company which is owned by the council of state and regime, so they re put agfresh coat of paint for the secretary s visit. they know about the walk and stroll. if he wants to talk to the cuban people, he should begin with the dizdants, the dissidents not
Intrasection. you can see the area behind me. this is a very delicate diplomatic situation, of course, with the u.s. and with cuba. it will be very difficult to have these dissidents here and they don t want any disruption in this. this is a very delicate situation. again, secretary kerry says it s a space issue as well as a government to government event. he s meeting with the dissidents later in the day, and by the way, he plans to stroll through the streets of havana. indeed, that s what he told me. as a matter of fact, we ll have that sound for you later in the being with me. coming up in the next half hour, we ll talk more about the dissident situation in cuba. we re just getting started on the rundown. the iowa state fair begins today in des moines. it s not all butter sculptures and cows. it s a chance for the 2016 presidential hopefuls to connect with votes. we ll talk about that after the break. plus, the cancer diagnosis for former president jimmy