. >> reporter: also in the meeting work healthcare executive mike fernandez and businessman carlos saladrigas who said the president addresses to the cuban people next to date will be a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity to promote change. >> i would like to see this president connect with the cuban people. he's immensely popular in cuba. he's a product of change. he is someone who became president because the country was able to change. and i think that's a powerful message to the cuban people that they should not need to fear change. >> reporter: a letter from the president is making its way to cuba the direct mail which began this week from the us. 76-year-old ileana your zen wrote to say she supports the president's efforts to bring the nations closer together. an impression on the people like that lady of convincing the cuban government to change will be much more difficult. today cuba's foreign minister says political and economic reforms will be off the table during talks between us feel and will castro. it will be up to president to decide when he talks about when he addresses the cuban

carlos saladrigas said the president was receptive. but the herd everyone of us say what we wanted to say and he listened and took notes and at the end he said all the points we made will be taken into serious consideration. >> reporter: he will also attend a baseball game between tampa bay rays and cuban national team. while there he might catch a glimpse of this of fidel castro swinging a baseball bat. but the focus will be on the future >> i would like to the president connect with the cuban people. he's a popular. he's a part of change. he is someone who got to be president because the country was able to change. and i think it's a powerful message for the cuban people that they do not need to fear change. >>> we caught up with emilio estefan last night as he arrived back here in miami. it was more about his meeting at the white house. >> i think it was an incredible meeting. there was a diversity of opinions and he listened to everyone. even if we didn't agree on things about the trip but we shared the same hope of making a better