. >> the streets filling with people cheering the news and glenna milberg from our abc station wplg joins us right now. glenna, good morning to you. morning. from what we call little havana and where i'm standing on southwest 8th street this is sort of the -- been the de facto area where people through the decades have come to protest and rally all things cuba. today, this morning for the past five or six hours it has been the scene of a huge celebration. and so many people around the country are going to look and say, well, isn't that so disrespectful celebrating a human being dying? and i'm here to sort of bhe what the celebration is about today is possibly the beginning of freedom for cuba and that freedom is such a central theme, it's a very diverse community, but very unified in coming from a place where they were not free to vote for an elected leader. many of the people who are in the older generation who had come here in the '60s had family members murdered. politically persecuted. many of the later arrivals, some in the '80s on the marielle boat lift and came in rafts, crossing t

. >> so much hope there in little havana, glenna milberg, thank you very much from wplg for your reporting this morning. we appreciate it. >>> in 1977, abc's barbara with fidel castro. >> it was fascinating and years later in 1993 abc's diane sawyer interviewed him for primetime live. here are some excerpts of their fascinating talks. >> your newspa >> your newspapers, radio, television, motion pictures. no dissent or opposition is allowed in the public media. >> translator: >> translator: we do not have your same conceptions. our concept of freedom of the press is not yours, and i say this very honestly. i have nothing to hide. if you ask us if you ask us if a paper could appear here against socialism i could say honestly, no, it cannot appear. it would not be allowed. the government nor the people. >> why? >> translator: in that sense, we the u.s. >> do you think politically that an american president can lift the embargo an the embargo and resume relations with cuba as long as fidel castro is in power? >> translator: if i were the lew obstacles, i would be willing to give up not only my