standing up against the oppressive murdering communist regime of the castros. our own sara carter, she s on the ground, she is in miami. another big crowd tonight. and all day as well. wright, sean. it s been like this in miami all day. i don t even know if you can hear behind me, but people are screaming, it means freedom, it means intervention. in cuba they are asking the by demonstration to intervene. this has gone on from tropical park all the way to here in front of the iconic cafe versailles, but let me tell you this, i had interviewed today which is probably one of the most famous given americans, a former cia paramilitary officer who actually participated in the bay of pigs and was one of the last people to actually see and speak to che guevara before he was killed. listen to what he had to say on the warning he has for americans. you have a perspective that
so many more. brian: the question is how do we get involved? do we just sit there and cheer from the sidelines jake sullivan came out and tweeted out the u.s. supports freedom of expression assembly strongly condemn any violence or targeting of peaceful protesters, we obviously have been burned before trying to help out that sense of freedom that existed for generations in cuba. teddy roosevelt fought there obviously and for a while looked as if they were going to have a free and the mob actually ha huge presence there for a while. a free cuba. they were walking with american flags yesterday. we re an inspiration. we should be embracing the inspiration we give them. steve: here is the thing. cuba is 90 miles away from florida. florida is wide open. you want to see, you know, freedom? go to florida. and these people would like to have in cuba what they have got in florida. and that is why the protest yesterday were some of the biggest they have had in that country since 1994. which is w
maybe 50. but it s happening now. there is up rest in the streets of cuba. and it came out because, okay, we know the coronavirus is an issue. we know we know that economically it put the whole world on its back. but, people of cuba want their freedom and they finally feel bold enough to protest in the streets streets in this in front of this brutal regime. ainsley: chanting freedom calling for the president to step down. they have a surgeon in coronavirus cases. shortage of just basic goods. things that we all might take for granted they can t get in their country. steve: like food. they need food. and they are hacked off about it that s why thousands went out in the streets yesterday, you never see this kind of dissent because it s always limited. and it s interesting because the communist did allow the dissent to go on for a couple of hours on twitter there is some video of protesters turning over a police car, looks like the united states. another video people looting from a go
upset. they are speaking out about this. bernie sanders who a year ago praised. steve: the socialist? ainsley: praised fidel castro what he has done for the kids and education and literacy program is he staying silent and makes people upset. steve: we haven t heard from joe biden yet either we have heard from the new york times. they tweeted this out. shouting freedom and other antigovernment slogan. so freedom is antigovernment slogans. hundreds took to the streets sunday to protest food and medicine shortages. in remarkable ecorruption in discontent not seen in nearly 30 years. so they say that freedom is an anti government slogan but they do not say what the state department did, which is it is key to covid. absolutely not. then another tweet. ainsley: an army ranger, his name is tim kennedy, and he said hey, new york times, you showed your hand here.
floating away from cuba on boats. brian: rafts. steve: some have suggested these are the biggest protests since 1959 when the castros came into power. what s interesting, our federal government, rather than saying you know what? they just want freedom, they have got an interesting take on it julie chung the acting state department secretary said peaceful protests, that flies in the face of turning over the police car and the looting, peaceful protests are growing in cuba as the cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express, here s the good part concern about riding covid cases, the deaths and medicine shortages. we commend the numerous efforts of the cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors in need. what they re saying is people are angry about covid which, wait a minute, how many times have you heard that people say, you know, the great thing about socialized medicine, particularly in cuba, is everybody has got great