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