between our two ownries. president obama meets face-to-face with cuban leader raul castro, this first time in 88 years a sitting u.s. president has visited cuba. steve: a big step but big differences still exist, sharon crowley is getting reaction from the cuban community. reporter: the cuban-american community is big here. we talked to people, find out what they thought about this historic meeting, others said they are cautiously optimistic. some cuban-americans in the restaurant told me they are happy, relations between cuba and the u.s. are changing. petition changing [ speaking in spanish ] cuba will be good. ben benito lived in cuba for 64 years, and pleased to see president obama and president raul castro meeting there today had. he said it is good for the two countries to prospering it. reporter: did you think this day would come? he never thought this this time would come, that the government of cuba is tough. reporter: president obama and president castro hel