Marco calls Obama the worst negotiator since Carter

senator Marco Rubio Republican Florida are from Florida rather is with me now his parents left Cuba in

the nineteen fifties emigrating to the U. S. is Fidel Castro began his rise to power senator good morning to you and thank you for your time your

reaction to what we expect today at noon well couple points first of all obviously we're all glad that %HESITATION Mr

growth is going to be back with his family he never did anything wrong he was not a spy he was not a criminal he was a hot and

acquired because I think it does set a very dangerous precedent and put a price on every American abroad governments now know that if they can take an American hostage they

can get very significant concessions from the United States but later today the president I believe announcement measures I go well beyond simply the release of Mister gross I think they will entail things are

normalized diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba the opening up of more commerce and trade with the dictators

my interest in Cuba has always been the furthering of democracy and free people of Cuba right if they are free choose

any economic system they want nothing the president will announce today is going to further that goal it's ironic that

a week after we imposed sanctions on human rights violators well we are lifting sanctions on the government that is taught the Venezuelans how to commit these human rights by third

and it's part of a long record of coddling dictators and tire that this administration has a staff wise you know they do the Cuban embargo is going to place for fifty years since the early nineteen sixties and and that is law in America so

legally what could the president do while the president can increase the amount of remittances %HESITATION he can %HESITATION increase the out you

pressure and %HESITATION and allow more internet access on the I but they're creating no economic openings there is no concessions on freedom of speech no

concessions on a no concessions on the freedom to have alternative political part no concessions on ever having elections or anything of that matter what

so more consumer products in Cuba the idea that that is going to lead to some democratic open is absurd but it is par for the course when it with an administration that

is constantly giving away unilateral concessions whether it's Iran or in this case Cuba chain for now and

that's what's happening here do you think the U. S. Congress would agree to lift the embargo is is there no I don't no

there is not support for that and I think that with that embargoes misunderstood the embargo serves as leverage if it's

basically undermine not love in exchange for symbolic me %HESITATION you know the releasing of fifty three political prisoners that's that's

fantastic but they never should have been in prison to be and they could be re imprisoned next if they re engage and

civil society and pro what will my problem what do you know about these three Cuban spies held here that apparently are headed well

they're Cuban spies but they're not as benign Cubans by %HESITATION there were five of them originally to have been released and return to Cuba the other three are here and still although

I imagine they've now been really these Cubans by were involved in providing information to Cuban government that led to the murder of

U. S. citizen and an infamous shoot down of the brothers to the rescue aircraft at back in nineteen ninety three these

were airplanes at least of strip that used to patrol the streets of Cuba find a people on rafts to save their life when