. >> ellie rodriguez has more on his final day of the visit. >> reporter: president barack obama told a packed house here in the cuban capital that the future of this island is in the hands of the cuban people and the cuban government should not feel threatened by the united states. the president received a standing ovation as he took the stage at the national theater in havana for a speech that was televised by cuban tv. president obama first addressed the terror attack in belgium saying all nations seem to work together to fight terror around the world and then he got a round of applause when he caused isolating cuba for reconciliation and the lifting of the u.s. trade embargo. >> i have come here to bury the last remnant of the cold war in the americas. i have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the cuban people. i want to be clear. the differences between our governments over these many years are real and important. i'm sure president castro would say the same thing. i know, because i have heard him address those differences at length. but before i discuss those issues,

ellie rodriguez is live and havana. >> reporter: good evening, from havana. >> it is a breezy and cold night here in urbana -- havana. it has been a historic day , the first us president and 80 years to step foot on cuban soil here key was greeted like a rock star here in havana. people were lining the streets. the streets blocked off and many young people also rejoicing. many of them were american flag t-shirts. >>a lot of ceremony surrounding the.-- presidents' day but he also got down to some pretty serious business discussing the same room with cuban leader raul castro. >>> tonight the president is attending a state dinner -- attended a state dinner hosted by royal khosrow -- raul castro. it was less formal than we were seeing -- than we're used to seeing at the white house. no plans speeches are toast. meantime while that was happening at the dissidents in cuba they reported were more -- more arrest since the diplomacy begin between cuba and united states including one high-profile arrest. smack the group ladies in white one of the most vocal dissidents groups report that their le

ellie rodriguez is live and havana. >> reporter: good evening, from havana. night here in urbana -- havana. it has been a historic day , the first us president and 80 years to step foot on cuban soil here key was greeted like a rock star here in havana. people were lining the streets. the streets blocked off and many young people also rejoicing. many of them were american flag t-shirts. >>a lot of ceremony surrounding the.-- presidents' day but he also got down to some pretty serious business discussing the democracy and freedom in the same room with cuban leader raul castro. >>> tonight the president is attending a state dinner -- attended a state dinner hosted by royal khosrow -- raul castro. it was less formal than we were seeing -- than we're used to seeing at the white house. no plans speeches are toast. meantime while that was happening at the dissidents in cuba they reported were more -- more arrest since the diplomacy begin between cuba and united states including one smack the group ladies in white one of the most vocal dissidents groups report that their leader and her husband we

were the same things that we had seen in the previous version of ellis the $500 million that ultimately had to be scrapped. >> mr. rodriguez had an extended invitation for you folks to come back and do a revisit, i would urge you to do that and do it soon. >> we've made specific recommendationings, some of which they've agreed with and some of which they haven't. but we'll continue to monitor and report on this. >> thanks for the update. directors, how do you agencies use social media when you vet and screen visa applicants? and what challenges have you encountered in doing so? >> our portion of the responsibility with respect to the vetting and screening, we are first and foremost a law enforcement agency and h.s.i., homeland security security investigation is an investigative agency in all of our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there. so in the visa screening process in particular, we -- there is no bar to our use of it. there are occasions that we do -- as we mentioned we go through patriot first. there are some preliminary nair assessment for further review. we m

same things that we had seen in the previous version of ellis, the $500 million one that ultimately had to be scrapped. senator carper: mr. rodriguez is an extended invitation for you folks to come back and maybe do a revisit. i would urge to you do that and soon. inspector general roth: we have made specific recommendations. some which they have agreed with. some of which they haven't. we'll continue to monitor and report as appropriate. senator carper: thanks for the update. director saldana, mr. donahue, how do your agencies use social media when you vet and screen these applicants? what challenges have you encountert in doing so? director saldana delon i'll begin -- i'll begin with our portion here with respect to the vetting and screening. we are first and foremost a law enforcement agency and h.s.i., homeland security investigations is an investigative agentcy. all of our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there. so in the visa screening process in particular, we -- there is no bar to our use of it. there are occasions where we do, as i mentioned, we go through patriot fir

same things that we had seen in the previous version of ellis, the $500 million one that ultimately had to be scrapped. >> all right. mr. rodriguez has extended an invitation for you folks to come back and maybe do a revisit. i would urge you to do that and do it soon. >> that is part of our audit process. we will obviously continue to sort of monitor the situation. we have made specific recommendations, some of which they have agreed with, some of which they haven't. we will continue to monitor and report as appropriate. >> okay. good. we will continue to monitor. thanks for the update. director saldana and mr. donahue, how do your agencies use social media when you vet and screen visa applicants, and what challenges have you encountered in doing so? >> i will begin with our portion of the responsibility here with respect to the vetting and screening. we are first and foremost a law enforcement agency and hsi, homeland security investigations, is an investigative agency. all of our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there. so in the visa screening process, in particular, we -