cuba does not allow humanitarian agencies to monitor these prison conditions. the fact that somehow prisoners are rebelling against these conditions, we are led to believe that this is the responsibility of the united states. it is the responsibility of the cuban government. they include those in custody. they should live up to those obligations. >> they accuse the united states and european countries. is this going to be a possibility of a more coordinated an approach toward cuba? >> i am sure that when we talked to other governments around the region, cuba tends to come out. but what i just described is how would this. >> there is this saying that they want to sell them about $5 billion worth of weapons. do you know which kind of weapons? >> what relationships governments have is up to them. what they do in those relationships is a matter of bilateral issue between venezuela and russia. we do not care. on the other hand, to the extent that venezuela is purchasing equipment, we are hard-pressed to see what legitimate defense needs of venezuela has. our primary

and cuba with concentric rings around it. what does that mean? yes, those are the target ranges of the various muscles in cuba. one of the things that chairman khrushchev did when he intended to install the missiles in cuba was to increase the soviet strike force against the u.s. and reduce the morning time from 20 minutes, to less than three. it was an existential threat to the u.s., and that is my president kennedy treated it as seriously as he did. that was one of the catalysts which led to the modern world of arms agreement, having seen how close the world came. host: on hava lot has been writn about the cuban missile crisis. what did you learn that you did not know before? guest: i was interested in and telling a great story in context of other stories. one thing that i was able to benefit from was recently the classified information on the soviet side. it must information to put those into a side-by-side so that you could tell what both sides were doing, how they were thinking, and how they were interpreting the action, as it was unfolding.

envy of the gangsters of cuba. today my thoughts and prayers of limitless solidarity are with the ladies in white. >> mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: mr. davis of illinois. mr. moran from kansas. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. forbes from virginia. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. bilbray of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. royce is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as we watch the senate move on legislation yet again toward a cloture vote on senator dodd's legislation, i think it's worth noting some of the concerns that many of us have, and that many economists have, with the dodd-frank approach on the legislation. i begin with focusing on a past occurrence, the rescue of investment bank bear stearns in the spring of 2008. the federal government has committed trillions of taxpayer dollars to institutions like fa

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

american consumption rate incomes are about seven times higher than in cuba. the cuban government, as a matter policy, has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that of the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether your child lives or dies. the other big -- the other thing new under the sun for americans is that we have to realize that insulation of the elite, political or economic from the consequences of their actions in the past has been the cause of the collapse of decided. it is the recipe of desire if the league do not suffer from the consequences of their decision. contrast hurricane katrina with the north sea plots. floods. americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we and the united states live in a gated communities within our country. we have gated communities and we are rich people will fall from the outside world. we americans are living as of the rest of the world was a gated community separated by

and cuba with concentric rings around it. what does that mean? yes, those are the target ranges of the various muscles in cuba. one of the things that chairman khrushchev did when he intended to install the missiles in cuba was to increase the soviet strike force against the u.s. and reduce the morning time from 20 minutes, to less than three. it was an existential threat to the u.s., and that is my president kennedy treated it as seriously as he did. that was one of the catalysts which led to the modern world of arms agreement, having seen how close the world came. host: on hava lot has been writn about the cuban missile crisis. what did you learn that you did not know before? guest: i was interested in and telling a great story in context of other stories. one thing that i was able to benefit from was recently the classified information on the soviet side. it must information to put those into a side-by-side so that you could tell what both sides were doing, how they were thinking, and how they were interpreting the action, as it was unfolding.

as a matter of policy has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that in the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether a child lives or dies. the other big new thing under the sun for us is that we have to realize that installation of the elite political from -- it is a recipe for disaster. contrast hurricane katrina with the netherlands in 1953. the dutch learned that if there is a flaw -- americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we live in a gated communities within our country. literally, rich people live a walled off from the outside world. we are living as if the rest of the world were a gated community, but the gates and no longer keep out immigrants are terrorists. we need a wall, but the wall we need is all within ourselves, are drawing up a fence to figure out what traditional american values are and which ones have to change. thank you. [applause] >> in addition to a provocative and i opening keynote, let me commend you for sti

[cheering] and during my childhood i saw my town turn into cuba. people from cuba were risking their lives coming to america for freedom autographs. and my boyfriend when i was 15, i dated him -- i don't have time to go into the romantic tinge live with my past -- i am new at this. his name -- in english is angel and i said, angel, whereas your dad and he said he said in jail in cuba and i said why and he said because he resisted communism. and then i said to my neighbor, what's it like to grow up in a communist country? she said,, well i will tell you, in kindergarten they tell the kids to bother heads and pray come close their eyes and ask god who can be and when the kids open their eyes there is no can be there. then they tell them to buy out their heads and close their eyes and pray to castro and s kemper can be and when the little kids open their eyes and there is canadair. that is communism and have starting to smell it in my country. [cheering] and obama is offering free stuff to people so they will vote for him. [cheering] ny to your educat

the people of poland now offer their solidarity with those who seek freedom in my native homeland of cuba. having suffered in the not-too-distant past under the crushing yolk of the -- yoke of the soviet regume, many in poland know all too well the struggles the cuban people face each and every day under the cuban dictatorship. poland's support for human rights and democracy in cuba illustrates it has not forgotten its past sufferings more the strength that it received from the solidarity of others. and how proud we are today that poland has become an important member of both the north atlantic alliance and the european union and that it has become a strong voice for those countries in the eastern europe that are working to ensure that they never again fall victim to the domination by a more powerful neighboring states. president kaczynski was in fact an important leader in an effort to ensure that the hard-won liberty and democracy today enjoyed by poland and other nations of eastern europe is not bartered away. he recognized the temptation faced by other european states which eagerly ex

the people of poland now offer their solidarity with those who seek freedom in my native homeland of cuba. having suffered in the not-too-distant past under the crushing yolk of the -- yoke of the soviet regume, many in poland know all too well the struggles the cuban people face each and every day under the cuban dictatorship. poland's support for human rights and democracy in cuba illustrates it has not forgotten its past sufferings more the strength that it received from the solidarity of others. and how proud we are today that poland has become an important member of both the north atlantic alliance and the european union and that it has become a strong voice for those countries in the eastern europe that are working to ensure that they never again fall victim to the domination by a more powerful neighboring states. president kaczynski was in fact an important leader in an effort to ensure that the hard-won liberty and democracy today enjoyed by poland and other nations of eastern europe is not bartered away. he recognized the temptation faced by other european states which eagerly ex

you also mentioned cuba. how can you be a diplomat in a state in which there are no diplomatic relations. host: james, you've given us a lot to work with. thank you very much. guest: there are many extraordinary scombem people of color for a long time. but i do think it's the case that there are more now and there's a welcoming attitude, and it's not just folks from the old, old, old days, from good new england families. it's a very wide reflection of american family, which is use informal reaching out to the world. you're quite right, there are consuls of both diplomats. there's a separate consul ar relations in the vienna convention. it's also the case that lots of people are diplomats who aren't the ambassadors, and there's a cutoff of the kind of immunity you get changes, if you're administrative and technical person, then you only get official immunity, the things you do specifically for the mission. but if you are an administrative person under an administrative heading, you would only be i am mized for

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

/cuba relations and what have you or what will you say on that matter to the president? >> i did very much. we already had the event. we had it in two parts. a small group of people met with him first on one side of the house. and then after he greeted them, i was able to show pictures of the march that we had pictures of the ladies in white in cuba getting violently beaten by the police and thrown into a bus. i gave him a letter from a martyr of recent times. his name is orlando sapato de mayo who died on a hunger strike and was beaten. 18 days without water. he died. another one, guillermo familez is about to die. he's asking for prisoners of conscious who are dying because they are so sick. he's been on a hunger strike for 85 days. i talked to him about that. give him letters from the mother of the dead dis-sident. he was standing by me as was everyone here at the party. it was a wonderful night. >> let me ask you right quick, you mentioned earlier that it was an honor for you to have the president in your home. trust me, it was an honor for the democrats as well and

eventually won and here he is today, 16-year-old military student in cuba. the grandmother describes him as a little man living a normal life there. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family. >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, perverse take on mom, dad and the kids made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest paid writer in television and only in his 30s. he's an equal opportunity offender. >> those americans. >> larry: christians, gays, sarah palin, you name it, nothing, no one off limits. >> i met larry king. >> name dropper. >> larry: cruel or cool? wicked or wonderful? seth macfarlane next. >> you know, today started as a really nice outing but as usual you had to ruin it. >> larry: on "larry king live." that is funny stuff. by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge school in carlsbad, california. all high school students all as fans of our special guest seth macfar

and a giant middle finger flipped at cuba's enemies to the north. friends and relatives of elian gonzalez have largely put the past behind him, but monuments like this museum is remind e it's hard to know if he'll ever be able to lead a normal life and what kind of future he'll play in cuba. shasta darlington, cnn, cardenas, cuba. >>> on this earth day, one parent is wondering what on earth was the school thinking when it let a famous felon come talk to the kids. the principal's response? priceless. to stretch around the earth over 190 times. each brita filter can take up to 300 of those bottles out of the equation. >>> well, a degree from a press teenous georgetown university, sounds like a slam dunk. want so much for our 30-second pitch guest. miaima tucker has a bachelors in criminology and has been looking for a job for more than a year, but still no luck. she joins us now from los angeles and we'll try to help her with that. maia why do you think it's so tough? what do you think the biggest challenge has been for you? >> i think at this point e