second in television news since 1975. and i will talk to her son about what they re doing now with this footage. plus, i ll show you the fascinating moments from today s nelson mandela memorial, incl e including the meting of these two famous families and president obama s handshake seen around the world.
do. whether this is significant, we ll see what comes of it with cuban-u.s. relations. let s talk about the substance of this. let s stay to the point of handshakes do matter. you have to talk about cuban s american hostage. do you think perhaps that this symbol, this handshake, might that be the catalyst to a thawing of relations? or am i taking that too far? well, you could be taking it too far, but it could happen. look, sometimes the discussion about the handshake could in fact shift political momentum. there s already been a little bit of a thawing because of economic developments, and it could be that the fallout of this is not to harden cuban-american relations but to open a dialogue of how we can move forward and how we can improve the situation. so it s likely this could backfire on some of his critics
only other detail i have that you did not mention, they were spotted by binoculars. it had been hoped that the helicopters and the aircraft that were searching for that vehicle might be able to spot it from the air. that apparently did not happen. it was actually spotted by crews searching for them on the ground through binoculars. as you reported, they re said to be in fairly good condition on their way to a local hospital, brooke. through binoculars. how about that? because part of the concern had been their car would have been encased in snow. so perhaps they were able to take off an article of clothing or something colorful just to get the attention of those rescuers. thank goodness they did. we ll stay on it with you, casey. as soon as you get more information, we ll pop you in front of that tv. thank you very much. coming up, we re going to switch gears and talk about this handshake that has everyone talking. here it is. will president obama s moment with raul castro at mandela
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but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates. and let me jump in, gloria, before you finish, just to add from that. we also heard from marco rubio today not directly criticizing obama but saying maybe he should have lingered, pressed castro more when it comes to human rights. please continue. look, i understand what she s saying. i know where she comes from and how she comes at this and what marco rubio is saying. this is a funeral. this was a long line of people the president was shaking their hands. had he stopped and press eed castro on human rights at this particular moment, i think it might have created more of a stir not appropriate perhaps?