with a wave and smile, the presidential limo adorned with cuban flags left for the airport. the first stop a erousing welcome from the u.s. embassy employees at the hotel from the employees and families. the 2008 slogan invoked, yes we can, to drive home the historic change. even if not all back home believe in it. our u.s.-cuban relations like so many others he s tackled in his presidency, he can now say, we can now say yes, we did. yes, we did. [speaking spanish] anchor: president obama began his remarks with the light hearted look at the history 9 decades in the making. ba in 1928 president coolidge came on a battleship. it took him 3 days to get here. it only took me 3 hours. anchor: before getting to the heart of the rational fo his trip. this is a historic visit and it s a historic opportunity to and to forge new agreements and commercial deals and ties twoon our two peoples and for me to lay out my vision for the future that s brighter than our past. an