hope than perhaps anything in their lifetime. sharing some pleasantries, obviously, the president expl n explained where to sit and what s going to happen and what will happen is remarks from both pope francis and president castro and we re going to show them both to you here, obviously. what are they chanting? now you re hearing the traditional military guard and they are playing the cuban national anthem. so interesting, chris, the words to this song are to die for your country is to live.
when the flag went up. but not everybody is happy with the change. here s stephanie ramos. reporter: after 50 year the u.s. and cuba have restored full diplomatic relations. reopening embassies in each other s capitals. veterans of the cuban revolution commemorating the break through. cuba s flag raised outside its embassy in washington, d.c. and the singing of the cuban national anthem. on the caribbean island, workers and diplomats have been preparing everything from new business cards to the embassy signs, although things are quiet outside the building. today with the opening of our embassies and the visit of the foreign minister we are taking a historic and long overdue step in the right direction, to keep moving forward, both governments must proceed in a spirit of
very emotional moment when he raised that flag above the cuban embassy, the cuban national anthem playing to a crowd of 500, not just cuban delegation of officials. but also u.s. officials mixing together to celebrate. there were many, many protesters something in red paint signifying blood, eleast let me ask you about the why hasn t the flag been raised at the embassy flag there? officially the u.s. embassy is now operating there, but no flag in fact no real visible signs that the intersection has turned into an embassy. there was a little less security but that will be done by secretary of state john kerry when he travels there on august 14th for a historic visit. of course a lot of big
probably saw the difference between older cuban americans and younger cuban americans on this issue. a lot of republicans oppose it jeb bush and others speaking out against it. but as you see behind me a lot of jubilation a lot of people thrilled about this because they feel it s a new step toward cuba eliminating some of that nastiness we see on a larger scale. you have to battle not only the 85-plus degree weather 95 at least, my friend. but who is counting right? the crowds behind you screaming viva fidel. we also have the cuban national anthem being played at the same time. we heard that as you were giving your report. all of this coming together because there clearly is controversy that you re discussing. there is also the issue of the trade embargo and what is going forward. reporter: very interesting thing we should point out here is the trade embargo is still in