the national anthem actually blasted out on the speakers here from the cuban embassy. the national anthem of the united states something that is quite a rarity. so a historic day here in washington, d.c. the human flag is out for the first time in 54 years. assume this will be the first, if not more historic moments. luke russert live for us. let me bring in gabe gutierrez who is in havana. gabe obviously a very different scene behind me from what we saw in washington d.c. but nonetheless the impact of what s being played out felt there. reporter: that s right, tamron, much more of a response here in havana than what we saw in washington. however, people did see the ceremony live on cuban tv. the story was in the state-run cuban newspaper, albeit on page 4, but there seems to be a great optimism here from many of the