good afternoon to you or good morning. hi, sheinelle. when did you get there and tell me what it s been like so far. what are you seeing? we arrived last night and i can tell you the mood here is really mellow. people are calm. it s unusual. i just spent 10 or 15 minutes inside a barbershop, chatting with the locals, taking photographs, and they re laughing, and it seems to be kind of a, you know, business as usual. i went down to the revolution plaza earlier this morning, saw military kind of preparing to bring in people to celebrate the life of castro, and his legacy, and from what i m being told here, you won t see any anti-castro rallies, only really celebrations of him and his legacy. i wondered about that. people who may not know a lot object cuba, you talked about gog into a barbershop and you re talking with people, but does it feel like you re a great producer. does it feel like they re
then, of course, he had a meeting with the current president of cuba. one of the interesting things where we just landed is this is the birth province of the castros. it gives you a little lay of the land. we re expecting pope francis to celebrate mass today at revolution square in holguin. another revolution square, yesterday, we saw him celebrate mass in havana. we re going to take a look and see how what the crowds are like here. if they re anything like we saw yesterday, there s going to be thousands of people waiting to celebrate mass with pope francis. rosa, you gave us the facts as the great journalist you are. you gave us that, but i want the know what it s like on board the plane. where is the pope sitting? has he walked through the plane? have you seen him close up and
thanks so much. we ll keep an eye on this hearing. more following the pope s trip to cuba. he s in a city making history yet again because he s never been to that particular city, while in cuba. he s greeting the crowds and then he ll hold a mass in revolution square. i ll be back on the newsroom.
back to you. thank you. we have live pictures of pope francis in cuba. his plane just landed. did it land in cuba, the third largest city? it s the site of christopher columbus landing in 1492, in case you re interested. we don t expect the pope to speech now. we expect him to greet the crowds. he ll ditch the car, and then he ll ride to revolution plaza. he will make a few remarks there. then he ll hold a mass there, which should be interesting. we ll take you back to cuba after a break. are you moving forward fast enough? everywhere you look, it strategy is now business strategy. and a partnership with hp can help you accelerate down a path created by people, technology and ideas.
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