lou perez, jr., talk about the effect of fidel castro in latin america. we just left this conversation .bout che guevara, his death talk about what che guevara was doing there, what he was doing for fidel, and what fidel overall, fidel castro was doing in latin america beyond cuba. >> the power of fidel castro in the cuban revolution stands as a theomenon of resisting american push back against a cuban revolution. it is in a region that had been repeatedly intervened militarily , mexico in the central america, central america, political .eddling, economic intervention the example of cuba, especially with the failed invasion of the bay of pigs, which contributed powerfully to the consolidation and centralization of power in the cuban celebrated the bay of pigs as the first defeat of imperialism in the americas. and that projection, that victory, just reverberated across latin america and perhaps more than anything else, the capacity to resist intervention, perhaps it was indeed possible. may be and isbans part of the new world, that idea of being able to a

it is not just in latin america. in the united states, one of the things we are finding is we need to expand computer science and literacy in the schools. we need to make sure also that we set up technical training systems where somebody who is unemployed in a city where the used to be a big factory but now the factory is closed, or because of automation and robots, fewer people are working there, those people have lost their jobs, they might not be able to afford a four-year university. give them six weeks, eight weeks or 10 weeks of training. get them in a job right now, and then overtime, they can learn even more. so congratulations, you guys are doing great work. [applause] president obama: all right. ok. so this is a team effort now. it is good to see this cooperation. everybody is pointing at one person. this gentleman right here, right in the front. [applause] >> hello, mr. president. i am a student of this beautiful university with a gorgeous group of people. i will give context to my question. the smartest m

has to have a different approach between cuba and latin america. and that's why maybe we haven't seen the progress as expected. now if president trump, once in office, could, as he said, do away with those executive orders. so far there have not been advances not as expected. and fidel castro is already out of the picture. he was critical of the process. even though he said there's only one revolution, that raul and he were one, and that he doesn't trust the u.s. this whole dynamic falls into what fidel castro was saying that the u.s. cannot be trusted. we'll see what's on board and able to go forward. we have to keep in mind the embargo, for example, only congress can lift it. that's not something that the white house can do. the white house can do one thing like one of the most controversial issues between cuba and the u.s., is that cuban who reach u.s. soil immediately receive refugee status. that's controversial in florida. many believe people are taking advantage of that. that's something that can be changed by executive order. the government

never has a single person disappeared in cuba, which has been common practice in latin america. we feel proud of our clean record. >> call it proud or selective reasoning, but castro never lost faith in the revolution. opponents concede that his popularity diminished as his beard grew whiter. he still -- he outlived many critics. outlasted ten u.s. administrations. in the end, it was illness, not washington, that forced him to retire. passing cuba's leadership to his younger brother raul. in his last years, he appeared occasionally, mostly in photos looking frail. the times he tried to play the role of elder statesman but more and more he seems inconsequential. >> translator: the cuban government has slowly removed him from the scene. it would be one thing if he died july 31st 2006. instead his importance slowly faded. >> he insists that death was not something he feared. >> i have never been afraid of death. >> translator: i never been concerned about death. ifo owe not feel attached to positions. not to feel attached to that which -- >> that latter statement seems ironic comin

it is not just in latin america. in the united states, one of the things we are finding is we need to expand computer science and literacy in the schools. we need to make sure also that we set up technical training systems where somebody who is unemployed in a city where the used to be a big factory but now the factory is closed, or because of automation and robots, fewer people are working there, those people have lost their jobs, they might not be able to afford a four-year university. give them six weeks, eight weeks or 10 weeks of training. get them in a job right now, and then overtime, they can learn even more. so congratulations, you guys are doing great work. [applause] president obama: all right. ok. so this is a team effort now. it is good to see this swap ration. everybody is pointing at one person. this gentleman right here, right in the front. [applause] >> hello, mr. president. i am a student of this beautiful university with a gorgeous group of people. i will give context to my question. the smartest m

country in latin america and the caribbean. now this is my final stop on my , final trip abroad. as president of the united states. and i have had the usual meetings with world leaders and we have done important business, but whenever i travel, one thing i have been trying to do is to meet with young people. first of all, young people are more fun than old people. second, because today more than half of the world population is 30 or younger. and that means your generation will determine the course of our future as individual nations and as a global community. iw, the good news is because have had a chance to meet so many young people it has made me very optimistic to know that you will be in charge. that is why i wanted my last public event abroad to be with you. i often say to the young people in my own country, if you had to be born at any time in history, it would be right now. if you think about all the progress made, not just in your your lifetimes, but even in the last few years. fewer people than ever around the world li

america much reef summit before all we got shall we heards from our friends in latin america this made it harder for them. we heard from our enemies, harangues about u.s. policy. we have elevated american's standing region in ways i think have never been the case before thrarks is concrete result like the colombia peace deal negotiated in havana, to turn off the cuba opening is to turn off relations with the entire region. >> do you think trump will try to turn them offness i would hope not. i don't know, but do i know. >> what do you think of his statement. >> i think it sounds like a fairly traditional statement. look, we don't disagree that fidel castro is responsible for all manner of violations of human rights. we just did not think that as a sitting president of the united states it was the right thing to revisit those conflicts. we're here to look forward that has always been our message to the cuban people. >> what have the cubans asked you about donald trump. >> like a lot of foreign countries this he are uncertain and they don't know what the course of action that the new adm

he was supporting revolutionaries across most of latin america. in 1976, he deployed tens of thousands of troops across the atlantic ocean on cuban ships. non-soviet ships, to defeat a south african invasion. in 1986, he was the commander in chief of cuban armies in angola and ethiopia. he has a deployed to cuban troops to another dozen countries all over the world. he was beginning to break with gorbachev, who he thought was too much of a reformist. in 1996, he ordered the cuban air force to shoot down two unarmed planes over the streets of florida, and brought president clinton close to that the u.s. air force should bomb an airfield. by 2006, all of that is in the past. cuba is now a much less significant country. by the time he dies in 2016, fidel is mainly a symbol of the 20th century. the one bit of impact he continued to have these as a resistor. someone that did not look well upon president obama's visit to havana in march of 2016. immediately after obama left, he criticized it in public. something he had really not done while his brother

for 25 years, moscow helped castro arm latin america. but with the end of the soviet union, cuba's economy imploded. on makeshift boats, thousands of cubans fled the oppressive regime. in 1999, a custody battle over 6-year-old elian gonzalez became

has transformed the standing of thein latin america. every minute we went to him much in america, a we got was an earful about our human policy. we have heard in our latin america friends that this is made it harder for them. we had elevated the standing in the region that has never been the case before. results of concrete the columbia peace deal. to turn off the opening is to turn off the entire peace deal. ♪ i mark halperin. mark john: with all due respect : to donald trump, who suddenly an expert on flag -- pres.-elect trump: i don't know what all of the stripes represent. john: mr. trump, can we ask for your birth certificate? on our political color palette tonight, trump's congress, and the green party's jill sign will -- jill stein will be on the show in a few moments.

. >> reporter: condolences are pouring in from across latin america. a region where fidel castro was considered an idol by many, especially during the darkest years when military dictatorships seized power in many south american countries, civil wars raged across central america. fidel castro was the prototype of a rebel leader fighting from the jungle for something he believed in. of course, he won. he went on to become the prototype of a pop list president, railing against the regional super power and even after cuba lost the main ally. ussr collapsed, he managed to reinvent himself as the godfather of leftist leaders from hugo chavez to morales in bolivia and ecuador. during my seven years covering in cuba, there was a constant stream of presidents and leaders from across latin america, across the plit cat spectrum, really, paying respects to a man they admired even after he was no longer the president. because because he stood up to the united states for decades. this is important in a region that bristled at being considered america's backyard. th

latin america where my parents come from, that's what's happening or that happens very often. we have to understand that we are not only talking to the american public but democracies, we are talking about latin america who looks at u.s. press, media outlets with respect or admiration, we copy the american school of journalism, what is happening here is sending a message, not only to the u.s. voters but latin america, asia that look how we cover elected officials or politicians in the way that they would like to. this could have a lasting effect, not only for us but for other democracies. jon: try going on venezuelan tv and criticizing -- >> absolutely. look at cuba. it's very good that we are so robust and so strong but we have to be very careful because we have a very big responsibility and that responsibility, cuba press, venezuelan press, north korean press would love to have the power and would love to have the reach that we have with voters and that responsibility brings -- that power brings great responsibilities. that's my take. jon: kelly, you note ironies in the fact

it is not just in latin america. in the united states, one of the things we are finding is we need to expand computer science and literacy in the schools. we need to make sure also that we set up technical training systems, where somebody who is unemployed in a city where there used to be a big factory but now the factory is closed, or because of automation and robots, fewer people are working there, those people have lost their jobs, they might not be able to afford to just go to a four-year university. give them six weeks, eight weeks , 10 weeks of training. get them in a job right now, and then over time, they can learn even more. so congratulations, you guys are doing great work. [applause] pres. obama: all right. ok. so this is a team effort now. it is good to see this cooperation. everybody is pointing at one person. this gentleman right here, right in the front. [applause] >> hello, mr. president. i am a student of this beautiful university with a gorgeous group of people. i'm going to give a little bit of con

i think that historically, hhe is the most significant figure in latin america cincy money bolivar in the 18th century. he was someone who embodied a since of dignity and equality for the latin people visa we the united states and the western world. even though they were poor they had a sense of pride even now people in miami. so exexiles in miami are celebrating the death of fidel in havana and much of latin america and indeed through much of the developing world his passing is a sad, is a tragic event. he is 90 years old. >> let's be totally honest, in a police state can you really take people at their word? people wept for days when stalin died. presumably some felt it others were worried about going to the g gulag. is it naive to say people of cuba would feel any way at all? we have no idea because they go to jail if they express views different from the government. >> you give their secret police too high a grade in terms of their efficiency. there are hundreds, literally hundreds of thousands of people night and day in the streets of havana, even as we speak. you know, far more

the medical school, school of latin america based in havana. there were many american students who went down to study medicine in havana. there were breakthroughs on medicines and all kinds of biotechnical advances. they were beginning to do a lot in areas where they had hoped to export to the united states. they did get an export for the medical advances. >> chief correspondent andrea mitchell. thank you for your insight into the man on a personal level and to his legacy. appreciate you being here. >> reporter: sure thing. >>> what the death of falk means for the new administration and how relations will change. new reaction from donald trump's florida base in palm beach, up next. per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper but my back pain was making it hard to sleep and open up on time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a sleep ai

people across latin america and south america spent yesterday marking the day of the debt. has been celebrated as well according to its own culture or traditions. >> it is regarded as a day to celebrate the spiritual journey of friends and family members that have died. mexicans believe death is a happy stage in the circle of life3. o-- life. tradition, souls return to earth to check up on their families during this day. revelers in guatemala gathered to watch kites being wasted into the sky. hoisted into the sky. a spread for loved ones with what they enjoyed most honor. in peru, thousands of people gathered to make offerings to their relatives. they also had celebrations with live music and indigenous dancing. haiti, followers on a spirit to bring food to the dead. genie: that was the day of the dead. the day before that was halloween. we got a little bit of scary business news with stephen. stephen: we will be talking about the fear index on wall street, which has spiked after new post show the gap between donald trump and hillary clinton shrinking. it attracts volatilit

we don't know what his policy toward latin america will be. we know he's been vocal on mexico and the relationship, but not on where cuba fits into the process. will be a wait-and-see process. it's been historic presidency, during president obama the fact that not only relations were re-established but also that the president of the united states visited havana. the last president to go to havana went on a ship. there was no commercial air traffic. things advanced quickly, but they're not at the point where everything has been solved. we'll see what the new administration brings. >> cnn anchor juan carlos lopez, thank you very much for your insights. appreciate your time. >>> let me turn to peter cornblue from washington, a cnn analyst. he's written extensively about cuba. i want to condition to line of questioning about what happens next for cuba and when this change is something for the system of government. the politics of cuba. we are, it appears, at a juncture where i wouldn't say vulnerability, but he's preparing for success, a new u.s.

and latin america won't see major changes under a trump presidency. he thinks that there could be tensions arising over the issue, issue of trade. but doesn't foresee a huge change in the approach to latin america. we will see if he's right. >> and he's been assuring world lead thaers the u.s. is committed to nato, something the president-elect threw into question during the campaign. athena, thank you for the reporting. >>> up next, we'll take you out of new york and out of washington, d.c., into america. we'll take you into alabama, a state that went for donald trump by nearly a 2-1 margin over hillary clinton. what do people there think about trump's cabinet picks so far? >>> as of now, it's been all white men named to the cabinet is. that okay with you? >> it is, yes. >> reporter: would you like to see a woman? >> i would, yes. weand sustainability goals asool one of our top priorities.mental i definitely rely on pg&e to be an energy advisor. anything from rebates, to how can we be more efficient? pg&e has a number of programs, to help schools sav

rafael, you know this continent, central america, latin america, of course this country, the u.s., inside and out and this cuban story and fidel castro is a part of that. when you were coming into the studio to give us your insights, did you have -- were you able to take a second and take in the magnitude of this? >> i was thinking about a conversation that i had with a college students in havana the last time i was there. and i was asking him, do you ever want to have free elections in your country? and his answer was, where are you from? and i said i'm originally from mexico. he said well you have free elections and are you guys doing any better than we are? of that his answer. that's tells you how much younger people are indoctrinated, for lack of a better word. and how they were not socialists but definitely fidelistas. and it would be difficult to find any other figure in modern latin american history that has had more influence, more power than fidel castro. think about the guy. he was answer 26 years old when he attacked the government of battista in 1953. 26. i mean, you think abo

one could do that for the new work that is coming out in latin america. brazil, chile, and argentina. a variety of latin american actors making human rights their own. sometimes thinking in economic and social terms. it seems to be one of the things that happened with human rights history is the kind of sweep of it let the locality go. aboutf writing this was capturing the particular energies -- particularities in particular places. that is what it takes the focus that it does. it also seemed to me -- i think -- would share this too thinking not top-down -- i had to think about the middle. you cannot talk about dentists as the bottom up. they are the kind of middle. i had to think about this sort of dense middle that become sort of translators for this. this is true not only in the united states but different kinds of actors in a variety of places, as well. thinking about how they are not just reflecting something but consciously making something as human rights politics begins to take a kind of shape and form. so again, yes other places and a , different

a lot of flight capital from overseas in latin america, south america, russians. >> anthony: russians? if it is money looted from if it's money looted from another country, do we care? trickle down boys, trickle down. >> billy: it has propped up miami once again with another inflated bubble, and the question is how long will it last? >> anthony: there's history and there's the more immediate needs of the present. i need food presently and perhaps some fine bourbon and when i need good food in a city not my own, more and more these days i call somebody if they weren't good at enough things already, has become something of an expert on good food around the world. >> anthony: every time i check instagram you're eating with one of my culinary heroes. he seems to like you a lot better than me. [ laughter ] ahmir-khalib thompson, known to most as questlove. >> anthony: you've been to this place before? >> questlove: i live at this place. >> anthony: really? >> questlove: yeah. >> anthony: yard bird quickly became a miami favorite. serving over the top southern classics to people like us. >>

i'm referring to latin america and the caribbean. stretching from the u.s. border all the way down to padagonia, i don't think the fallklands will merit being hit by bombs, but i don't know. we know that we have our medical brigades deploying in, near australia, in east timor, there we have deployed physicians, we hope that they will not be affected. but today we discuss what is, what are the effects of the spread of radioactive emissions? we know that in the desert in the united states, in arizona, nevada, throughout that region, the americans conducted many atmospheric tests without telling anyone. and that there were damages, but they weren't destructive. i remember once when khrushchev, he exploded a 20 megaton bomb, which is 100 times more destructive than the bombs over hiroshima and nagasaki. it was launched and there were radioactive emissions over many areas. but how many of those kinds of tests have taken place? i don't know. when i spoke with economists from the center for global economy, they were asking what can be done given a situation like th

he was exporting doctors and services to latin america, and it was amazing he could do that. >> is that still the case? you were telling us the poor people of cuba were better off than the people of other countries in latin america. is that still the case? does it still hold true? >> i think they've had a very rough time in recent years. frankly, cuba should have collapsed when the cold war ended, because when the soviet union collapsed, as you know, a lot of proceed soviet regimes in east europe collapsed and i expected cuba to collapse, too. i was stunned they didn't do so. i said, wow, it is a remarkable regime that could lose the support of its patron and keep ongoing. that showed the resilience of the man and of his system that he created. >> at the same time, sir, though cuba has not collapsed, there are many people in america, in miami specifically, who are not happy with the fact that relations have improved. >> but i must emphasize to you that miami is a very distorted lens. this is a small group, people who obviously left cuba -- >> with all due respect, i have to push back --

. -- latin america. so did western european leaders and activists in the reaction to political oppression in greece and various repertory meetings that led to the helsinki room accords.- helsinki this, i think it is fair to argue that american actors were initially big players. human rights are best thought of in 1970's america as a type of guest language. one that would return to the cultural politics of the united states through what americans came to know about the thought of dissonance in the soviet union and other such transfer national rights advocates as amnesty international. it is about broader, global transformations. setting the-- once language of global human rights in motion, it needs attention. number, theres of is no question that the decade of the 1970's was a transnational human rights moment. reportednternational only 32,000 members worldwide 1973. by 1980, the organization counted hundreds of thousands of numbers in 134 counties and a nobel peace prize amongst its accompaniments. all i

and detracted people in latin america. and in later years, was very influential with hugo chavez of venezuela to help keep cuba afloat. and the soviet union started spending petro dollars to keep the castro government propped up. but he's been an enemy of the united states, fidel castro. on the other hand, people have been mesmerized by his ability to survive. and the fact that he can run a dictatorship of kind, just so close to american shores ever florida. >> you point out, douglas, you know, he referred to the u.s. as kind of the boogieman of cuba. but it also works the other way around there are many who considered cube back to the archenemy just off the shore there. >> well, the big problem became the bay of pigs with john f. kennedy. you know, cuban exiles and the batista regime were living in florida. they trained to become their own military force. our cia backed that effort. and they invaded's these exiled cubans invadesed john f. kennedy's presidency. and i teach on john f. kennedy, we talk about the failure of b

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i was born in had latin america so that means i'm latino. >> yes. it's a city untouched by time. >> but during the height of the castro regime, 39 years ago, abc's barbara walters traveled to cuba to interview fidel castro and followed 16 years later by diane sawyer. here are fascinating clips. >> no dissent or opposition is >> translator: we do not have your same conceptions. our concept of freedom of the press is not yours and i say this very honestly. i have nothing to hide. if you ask us if a paper could appear here against socialism, i could say honestly, no, it cannot appear. it would not be allowed by the government or the people. >> why? >> in that sense, we do not have the freedom of the press that you possess in the u.s. >> do you think politically that an american president can lift the embargo and resume relations castro is in power? >> if i were the obstacle, i would be willing to give up not only my positions and my responsibilities, but even my life. what i would never do is to negotiate the revolution. the revolution is not negotiabl

america and the caribbean. stretching from the u.s. border all the way to patagonia. i don't think the falklands will merit being hit by bombs. i don't know. america does not possess any weapons, as well as a part of africa. we had our medical brigades , inoying near australia east timor. there we have deployed physicians and hope they will not be affected. what are the effects of the spread of radioactive emissions? we know that in the desert in the united states, in arizona, nevada, throughout that region, the americans conducted many atmospheric tests without telling anyone. once when khrushchev, bomb,loded a 20 megaton which is 100 times more destructive than the bombs over hiroshima and nagasaki. and it was launched into the atmosphere. there were radioactive emissions over many areas. but how many of those kinds of tests have taken place? i don't know. when i spoke with economists for the center of the global economy, they are asking, what can be done given a situation like that? a very challenging situat

cuba turns out highly skilled doctors, respected throughout latin america. in february 2008, after a long illness, fidel castro officially transferred cuba's presidency to his younger brewer, raul. >> today the united states of america is changing its >> it was raul who agreed in 2014 to restoration of diplomatic relations with the united states. it was raul who welcomed president obama to cuba in march of this year. less than a month late every, a frail, faded fidel castro, appeared at a communist party congress. soon i will be 90 years old, he address. stating, everyone's turn comes, but the ideas of cuban communists will remain. he turned 90 on august 13, the day of his last public appearance. but even in death, he remains a bogeyman to some. >> astro will always be american revolutionary who stood up to the united states and won. won in terms of his health brought him down, not anything that the united states ever did. >> the man the united states tried so hard to topple tormented 11 american presiden presidents. and died on his own terms. >> pauley: ahe

moscow helped castro arm communist insurgents throughout latin america. but with the end of the soviet union cuba's economy imploded on makeshift boats, thousands of cubans fled the increasingly repressive regime. >> his legacy is a complicated one, but there's no forgetting how many cubans left the island under dur es. >> in the 1990s the aging ruler courted u.s. businessmen and american tourists. he showed a new tolerance for religion, welcoming pope john paul ii in 1998. anyone friends throughout latin america by exporting cuban trained doctors for medicine. in 1999 a custody battle over 6-year-old elian gonzalez became the symbol of america's struggle with fidel castro. months later a federal court ordered the child removed from miami. elian returned to his father and a hero's welcome in havana. gradually even the world's longest ruling dictator began showing signs of age. he collapsed from heat exhaustion in 2001. he broke his knee and arm three years later. the bush administration tightened sanctions cutting off most travel to the island. castro ret

for 25 years, moscow helped castro throughout latin america but with the end of the soviet union, cuba's economy imploded. on makeshift boats, thousands fled the regime. >> his legacy is a complicated one. there is no for getting how many cubans left the island under duress. >> reporter: in the 1990s, a ruler courted business men and tourists. 1988. he won friends by exporting cuban trained doctors and exporting medicine. in 1999, a custody battle over 6-year-old elian gonzalez. months later, a federal court ordered the child removed from miami. elian returned to his father and the leader collapsed from heat exhaustion in 2001. tripped and broke his knee and arm three years later. the bush administration tightened sanctions cutting off travel. castro arrested hundreds of dissidents. cuba's economy was pumped up by turned over power to his brother raul in 2008. then he commemorated the revolution and had a celebration of the 80th birthday. fidel castro did not attend. two years later, he stepped down. he wrote columns about his life experience emerging for a pope benedict visit in 2012. p

in relation to latin america today. sen. sander: it is not just latin america. i have been to cuba two or three times. i think jane and i went in 1989 for the first time i have been back couple of times and jane had some educational work in cuba. a lot of positive things can be said, the health care system for third world country is quite good. the last time i was there i visited a hospital where they do very, very serious and good work. they come up with a lot of new drugs, actually, in cuba. their educational system is strong. but in truth, the economy is in pretty bad shape. in truth, you do not do very well if you dissent in cuba. castro overthrew a terrible dictator supported by the united states, batista. we can argue until the cows come home to what degree american interference created the kind of society that exists in cuba today. you could say that arare some positive things and some very negative things. 50 years after the revolution, the economy is terrible. but i think -- i was on a sunday show yesterday and somebody was raising a quote i made about

hugo chaves and leaders in latin america. i can tell you from personal experience, it has led to more repression, lack of economic opportunity. the reason they all make him into this romantic hero is they were resisting the giant usa and all of its economic clout in latin america and then once they did that, they then became the greater oppressors in my view. >> we're the bullies. that justifies massacres. >> everything you said is absolutely true. let me deal with the economic part of it. fidel castro took a vibrant farm economy and turned it into a -- they had to rely on russia for their grains and rely on venezuela, chavez, for their oil. doctors are in shortage. hospitals lack sheets and aspir aspirin. the average monthly salary income in cuba is $20 but fidel castro family has a net worth of almost $1 billion. that said, you want to talk about moral bankruptcy, president obama's quote was "history will record and george the enormous impact of the singular figure on the people and world around him." really? everything gre

trade with latin america is a small part of it. there are areas that benefit, and some that will get hurt. but if you are going to say one thing, contrary to most people's florida, thea, age is less than the national average. tampa florida, is, i believe, ae national average. going to become a decent hub of the southeast united states. scarlet: all those hockey players. you are sticking with us. we will talk about the financial turnaround of his tampa bay, and what it means to the nhl. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. hockey club is on the brink of insolvency when jeff vinick thought it. he is here with us in new york. when you bought it in 2010 they were financially troubled. he said the team was almost out of the red, on the verge. give us an update -- where does it stand? >> we are roughly breakeven. scarlet: can you give us a more specific sense of when you will get to a meaningful profit? >> when i bought the team, six or seven years ago, our goal was to be world-class, but i have three main objectives. one was

to latin america, africa and asia. it is so hard to talk about his legacy, unconnected to the legacy of mitch mcconnell. the republicans who dedicated themselves to making him fail. i am sorry, they did not say you are our only president, we don't want you to fail. i'm not going to blame it all on them every he also had his issues in terms of reaching out to people. they bear a lot of blame. charlie: even some of trumps people including obama, hillary clinton, have said, we are not going to do to you what you did to us. we ou and opportunity. an opportunity. say we go himoo, a chance. the obamacare is going to be a big issue. he was right in his instinct to say, the middle east today is contorted by the u.s. iranian cold war. let's see if we can diffuse that. i think the book is open on that. my wifehink of obama, was for a long time a chairman -- the obama's came. came to school to visit. there was a picture taken by the white house photographer. it was a little black girl with her arms around michelle obama's legs. s

in our region, latin america, , mexico,countries colombia, brazil -- in latin america, we will be talking to the latin americans. that is the role we will be playing. today's announcement, what we are seeing from russia and the sounds we are hearing from other corners of the world send a very strong signal. significantmost ,ntervention in production certainly in more than eight years, probably in decades. >> there was so much hype about were there. and you what were the toughest parts? >> these meetings are always long. they are tough. there comes a time when you have , anake a decision ultimatum, even. are we going to do this are not -- or not going to do this? what we demonstrated is there's enough cohesion in the organization and there were doubts about that. the aunt what journalists and analysts., people around the world thought. we demonstrated opec is relevant in the 21st century. this organization is alive and well, it's taking matters into its hands, a relevant organization to this new century. >> will you be there december 9? >> i'm hoping to be there. we are checking to see if