to pass to the captain. then i ordered people to stay calm and asked people to stay calm and asked the stewardess to give everybody free drinks compliments of the revolution. >> potts then directed the plane to go to cuba where he has been ever since then. at the time, black panther, potts hoped to receive military training to ultimately overthrow the u.s. government. that wads his plan. instead, cuban authorities tried, convicted, and imprisoned him for 13 years. and now he's hoping that prison time in cuba will play into his favor as he faces charges here in the united states. let me go straight to patrick ottoman on that plane with william potts when he arrived in the u.s. for the first time in 29 years. patrick, why did he want to come here? >> you know, he misses family, broork. he's tired of life in cuba. it's been 30 years. most of that time he spent in cuban prison. some of the worst prisons in