americans are using their freedom of expression to question what this country stands for. one recent example, she turned her back to the american flag at the national anthem. john: we will talk with an american who fled the brutal regime and made it all the way from cuba to congress. there standing by. b2 phil keating is on the ground, you go first to tell months and reporting pentagon. there s reports that the protests continue for a second consecutive day, president biden waited a few seconds ago and said he never have seen protest at this massive scale. jen psaki spoke an hour ago. if there is an indication that yesterday s protests were spontaneous expressions of people who were exhausted with the economic management and repression. these are protest inspired by the harsh realities of everyday
sandra? thank you. john? here in the united states, little havana were 5,000 people took to the streets yesterday to call for the end of the isle of nations dictatorship. phil keating is live with more. heavy rains all morning and afternoon have really cap deep routes to a minimum here today compared to yesterday. we are at the historic cafe in little havana, always a gathering spot for demonstrations against the communist government, and every person who runs for office in south florida always stops by here to make an appearance. joining me now, dylan market his mother was born in cuba. you been back twice, how miserable would you rate it? it s miserable. a day walking around, you have smog, your throat hurts,
people who may have been true believers back in the 60s and 70s are simply disillusioned now. there are shortages for just about everything, it s terrible there. the worst it s been since the soviet union way back when. there are shortages for food, beverages, and their shortages for toilet paper. life is really not what you would expect in the united states or in any western democracy. in fact people have been calling for change as well as here in little havana. for about five decades. the communists have not yielded and they remain in power. john? they do hold out hope for change, but they tend not to last very long. phil keating for us in little havana. thank you so much. john: our next guest in florida to show support for the cuban-americans protest when he